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(By Buzz Knight) How do you learn about radios opportunities and threats in the short term and the long term? You talk with 28 graduate students from the Gabelli School of Business and the Consumer Adoption of New Media Technologies class at Fordham University

(By Mike McVay) “Here comes Santa Clause, here comes Santa Claus … right down Santa Claus Lane.” It won’t be long until you’re hearing that song by Gene Autry, along with lots of classics that are original or covers, and some new music that’s original.

(By Randy Lane) Back in August, I wrote an article about the popularity of Ted Lasso and how Jason Sudeikis applied the coaching principles of John Wooden and Phi Jackson to the Ted Lasso character.

(By Loyd Ford) What if I told you that over 50% of your potential clients formed their opinion about your company, your product and you before you ever sell them?

Jacobs Media has completed a study on dashboard optimization. In partnership with NAB Amplify a special web presentation, 'Optimizing How Radio Is Displayed in Connected Cars' has been set for November 4.

Altitude Sports 950 AM will flip to sports betting November 1. The Denver station will carry the full slate of 24/7 sports betting programming from VSiN.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, Dickey Betts, is backing the American Music Fairness Act. The AMFA would require radio’s biggest companies to pay royalties for playing music on their stations. Smaller stations would pay a flat fee.

Third quarter earnings season is underway with SiriusXM the first audio company to report. For July, August and September the satellite company reported revenue of $2.2 billion, an increase of 9% over Q3 2020.

At Pandora ad revenue increased 32% to $404 million. The increase was aided by the purchase of Stitcher in Q4 of 2020. Monthly Active Users at Pandora were down, ad-supported listener hours were down and premium subscribers were down.

The Indiana Broadcasters Association held its annual “Spectrum” Awards this week and named WOWO 2021 Station of the Year for Radio Market 1, which includes Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, and South Bend. WOWO’s Kayla Blakeslee also won the Best Investigative Reporting award for her Blakeslee at the Border series.