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Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio has named Radio Ink President and Publisher Deborah Parenti as the 2025 recipient of its highest honor, the Frances Preston Trailblazer Award.

Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio is launching its first-ever Digital Sales Mentorship program, designed to support the growth of women in digital radio sales. The year-long mentorship is in partnership with Beasley Media Group.

WFNI-AM sports talker Joe Staysniak, who is white, told listeners Wednesday that black people need to say "I'm going to stop being a victim." That statement didn't go over very well with some listeners to the show calling him tone deaf.

(By Mark Ramsey) The Star Wars spinoff Solo: A Star Wars Story was a disappointment in terms of ticket sales — but why? Was it Star Wars fatigue that was to blame, or Disney’s mistakes? Tom Asacker and Mark Ramsey dive right in and discuss.

College basketball referee John Higgins has filed a federal lawsuit against Kentucky Sports Radio accusing KSR of creating conditions that led to the harassment of his family after a game he called between Kentucky and North Carolina.

The Steve Harvey Morning Show Annual Turkey Give saw a fantastic 8,000 turkeys donated by the top-rated syndicated morning show, to help those less fortunate celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.

Over the past five years, AM/FM radio has steadily overtaken linear television in ratings, surpassing TV for the first time in 2022 and growing in 2023. Now that gulf could become significant - and almost impossible for advertisers to ignore - with a crucial change in 2025.

Congressman Darrell Issa (pictured) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee for Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet introduced legislation they say will "close a long-standing gap in federal copyright law."

The reason for the big penalty against The Cesar Chavez Foundation's KNAI-FM in Phoenix and KUFW-FM in Woodlake, California, is for violating the Commission’s underwriting laws by broadcasting announcements that promoted the products, services, or businesses of its financial contributors.

The latest AQ5 survey from Jacobs Media was fully unveiled on Wednesday, providing an intriguing snapshot of the current state of radio talent, revealing their motivations, concerns, and the challenges they face in an industry under transformation. Here's some of what air staff said: