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(By Georgia Beasley) Radio is having conversations down every day about how to attract Millennials to choose radio for entertainment and employment. The best in the radio business have been trying to figure out the “secret Millennial sauce,” yet are they inviting us to the table when trying to figure it out? What would a young adult sitting at the table point out they may not have noticed? Are there actions GM's can take that will help move the needle? I believe there are.

Happy Friday! This week’s Blast From The Past comes from Jack Taddeo on Philadelphia’s Wish 106 in the early 80s. Send your Blast From The Past to our Online Editor Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.

A political non-profit group close to House Republicans is spending $1 million on radio praising Republican efforts to revamp the tax code. According to The Hill, American Action Network will run ads in 34 districts, "supporting Republican members of House leadership, members of key tax-related committees and vulnerable incumbents in swing districts."

Jesus Lara has been named GM of Digital, Content, and Entertainment for radio at Univision. He moves to Univision from SBS where he was working on digital initiatives. Lara will be based in Miami and reporting to Chief Local Media Officer John Eck.

This story will have many managers across the country firing up their computers to make sure their online public file is current. The FCC is investigating Entercom after a complaint was filed against the company's Buffalo cluster claiming a Congressional candidate was overcharged in 2018.

WJMZ-FM/Greenville, SC,  personalities Tone Hollywood and Sheba Foxx donated their time to the Spartanburg Soup Kitchen, Wednesday.

This weekend the Minnesota Twins were in Chicago to play the White Sox. Radio play-by-play announcer Cory Provus, who's from Highland Park, was visiting his parents. Provus tells KARE-11 he once worked at a candy store near the area and expects he'll know people involved in the shooting because Highland Park is the kind of town everyone knows everyone. 

(By Josh Brown) In radio sales, optimism is valuable, but it’s not a strategy. If your approach to hitting sales goals is simply expecting tomorrow to be better, you’re setting yourself up for frustration. Success in this business comes from intentionality and discipline.

(By Buzz Knight) As many of us grieve the loss of our dear pal Bob McCurdy, I started thinking about W W B D….What Would Bob Do? One of Bob’s many great traits that I was fortunate  to witness first hand in my time working with him at Beasley Media Group was his leadership skills.

(By Buzz Knight) Is talent management your biggest priority of your average week? Don't just give a quick answer “yes” without truly thinking about the question. If you assume that a fly-by meeting in the hall can pass for a coaching session, think again.