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The Fuego Radio format is expanding into two new owned and operated Entravision stations in Las Vegas and Palm Springs. 92.7 KRRN-FM in the Moapa Valley and 103.5 KPST-FM in the Coachella Valley join KRTO-FM that flipped at the beginning of the year..

(By Loyd Ford) Getting noticed is a skill that is often overlooked and rarely practiced today. Sales people need attention to sell their products. Programming people need attention to gain market share. Radio pros looking for work need to gain attention from managers, consultants and others hiring.

(By Randy Lane) The Bert Show celebrates 20 years this week. Bert Weiss and his cast continue to attract top morning ratings with females in their Atlanta home base and in 25 syndicated markets.

The actress posted a tweet responding to former Cumulus host Rob Lederman's racists comments last week. The now unemployed host compared toaster settings to the tone of black women’s skin, mentioning both Berry and Serena Williams. Here's the Berry tweet...

Cox Media Tulsa launched its 2021 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway fundraiser with a goal to sell 13,000 tickets, which would raise $1.3 million for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.  This year’s goal is 1,000 more than the cluster sold last year.

(By Mike McVay) The latest social media craze is not TikTok. It’s Clubhouse. It’s not at TikTok’s level, but this social media platform is adding thousands of users every day.

Momentum Broadcasting's two radio stations in Visalia, California generated $203,727 in donations during their two day Radiothon for the St.Jude Children’s Research Hospital. It was a new record in donations for the hospital and besting the station’s previous record by $20,000.

Milwaukee Brewers broadcasts will be added to the streaming services of Newsradio 620 WTMJ. The digital assets will start carrying the broadcasts opening day April 1.

And now there are only three. The City of Richmond has chosen Urban One, Maryland Developer The Cordish Companies and Bally's as the three finalists to build a casino and resort along I-95. Three other bidders were knocked out of the running Wednesday.

Former Long Island Radio Broadcasting GM Stephanie McNamara Bitis plead guilty to fraud back in November of 2020. McNamara Bits was accused of using the station AMEX card, for personal use, then covering it up. Her sentencing, originally scheduled for today, has been pushed back to April 29.