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FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks and NTIA’s Minority Broadband Initiative for the Women of Color and the Technological Frontier webinar is set for 1 PM today. The webinar will feature women of color thought leaders in broadband research who will discuss how the digital divide impacts marginalized communities.

Continuing with our series to show BIA’s Radio Share of Wallet analysis, let’s now look at BIA’s estimates for markets 91-100 for 2021. BIA’s new 2021 U.S. Local Ad Forecast estimates that revenue across all media will reach $137.5 billion and that radio’s share will grow to 9.2 percent.

When Premiere Networks sent out a press release Monday announcing that WBOB-AM/FM in Jacksonville would be adding the Rush Limbaugh Show, we checked in with Premiere to make sure it wasn't a mistake being that Rush recently passed away. Here's what they told us.

Progressive insurance and GEICO are both in the Media Monitors top 5 list. Progressive (53,621) is in first while GEICO (32,514) is fourth.

iHeartMedia Cleveland plans to move their regional office to downtown Cleveland by the end of the year. The new location at 668 Euclid Avenue will be a new State-of-the-art street level facility.

The BetQL Audio Network is coming to Chicago. The Bet 105.9 FM-HD2 is also a CBS Sports Radio affiliate.

(By Charlie Sislen) Twelve months ago, the world changed. Everyone was impacted. People were worried about their health and their incomes. The U.S. economy came to a screeching halt. This included radio advertising, as most advertisers reduced or cancelled their marketing. We all felt pain.

(By Mike McVay) FOMO; Fear of Missing Out. We all strive to create day-to-day listening. The way to build such habitual listening is by creating the fear that you will miss something if you don’t listen.

(By Ken Benson) The 2021 Grammy Awards which aired on March 14th had its lowest ratings ever, down an astonishing 61% over the 2020 telecast with Adults 18-49. Are you surprised?

(By Loyd Ford) Just imagine a world where the future speeds up, people work more from home, the general public starts using apps more and more and accessing on-demand audio in a variety of forms based on the content they want. Does this sound like a threat to your local radio business?