Audio Ink

The official mobile app for CRS is now available for download on iPhone and Android mobile devices. The app provides attendees with an expanded CRS agenda, panel descriptions, speaker bios, integrated calendar upgrades, CRS after-hour activities, CRS TV video clips, and other event news. CRS will be held Feb. 22-24 in Nashville.

Westwood One has announced new podcast partnerships with NBC Sports Radio’s The Leisuremen, personalities Paul Pabst and Andrew Perloff; political website The Daily Wire, featuring two podcasts from Ben Shapiro and Andrew Klavan; and Entrepreneurs En Vogue, featuring Miss New York US, Iman Oubou.

The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, located in Canada, owns 43 radio stations. Thursday the company announced it was partnering with SoCast to centralize digital operations for all of its radio stations.

The network is undertaking a “news everywhere” strategy and this summer it’s extending its reach, including three new developments: Smart Speakers; NPR One in TV, phone, and car; and NPR News Now podcast and Twitter.

SiriusXM and ESPN are teaming up to deliver an exclusive 24/7 college sports channel, programmed by SiriusXM. ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM (channel 84) will debut Thursday, August 31, and will be available exclusively to SiriusXM subscribers via satellite radios, the SiriusXM app and on connected devices, including smart TVs, Amazon Alexa devices and Sony PlayStation.

Fatherly, a digital lifestyle guide for Millennial parents, has partnered with iHeartMedia to launch The Fatherly Podcast on iHeartRadio. Hosted by veteran journalist, children’s book author, and father of two Joshua David Stein, The Fatherly Podcast is a weekly show about raising children and the lives of men who take on that responsibility.

The Pac-12 Conference and SiriusXM announced a multiyear agreement to create the SiriusXM Pac-12 Radio channel. The channel will serve as the most in-depth audio platform covering the conference, providing 24-7 programming for fans across the country.

Five original, weekly programs will focus on business, sports, entertainment, and health. The shows will be hosted by personal finance expert Suze Orman, children's advocate Jim Steyer, sports photographer Andrew Bernstein, producer Todd Garner, and health food experts Michelle Davis and Matt Holloway.  

The new radio edition of the popular podcast The Daily will be available to public radio listeners across the country beginning April 2. The New York Times and American Public Media will be joining forces in this collaboration.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has announced a grant of $25,000 to WUSF Public Media, Florida, for Veterans Coming Home: Finding What Works, a digital-first content and engagement project.