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Jacobs Media, with an assist from Veritone, presented its annual Techsurvey Thursday afternoon, which takes a look at trends in the mobile, social, and “connected car” spaces. Over 40,000 listeners participated in an online survey. Here are a few highlights.

Just in time for Mother's Day, Edison Research has released new data from its Moms and Media 2121 study which showed 46% of moms now own a smart speaker device. That's up 13% from the same time last year.

NAB Chief Diversity Officer and NABLF President Michelle Duke hosted a panel on diversity, equity and inclusion at the 2021 NAB State Leadership Conference this week. Michelle's guests were Sarah Harris, VP of Social Impact at Audacy and Katherine Barnett, SVP for Human Resources at Hearst. WATCH

With Ed Christian sidelined from the Saga earnings call Thursday because of a pulled back muscle, the company reported net revenue of $22.3 million in Q1 this year compared to $26.1 million in Q1 of 2020.

For the first quarter of 2021 Salem Media's broadcast revenue declined to $45.2 million from $44 million. Digital revenue was up 5.7% to $9.6 million and publishing was up big, 43.4% to $5.7 million. Total revenue for the company increased 1.9% to $59.4 million.

A number of radio stations are getting the good news that they have been honored with Edward R. Murrow Regional Awards. Since 1971, RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in broadcast and digital journalism with the Awards.

Westwood One will celebrate the start of summertime with its annual “Summer Kickoff with Justin Moore” special, airing over the Memorial Day Weekend. Top Country music stars will join Moore to salute to the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

1480 WHBC Canton, OH is the new home of Tangled Up In Blues with Cornel Bogdan. The show first aired in September 2000 in Youngstown, OH.

After writing about the 50th birthday at Connoisseur’s WPLR in Connecticut, the walls inside the Radio Ink ZOOM room were reverberating with wonder. How many active radio stations are there today that have carried the same format for 50 years or longer?

Pro wrestling podcaster Conrad Thompson is in the lineup for the upcoming How to Make Real Money Podcasting conference. The Radio Ink virtual conference is set for July 13-15.