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The Federal Communications Commission has proposed rules to improve the way the public receives emergency alerts on their phones, TV's and radios. The Commission also adopted a Notice of Inquiry to explore the technical feasibility of delivering EAS alerts via the Internet.

(By Deborah Parenti) I’ve never met Aurora James (pictured here). In fact, I had not heard of her until she was introduced to me recently in the way so many people are these days: featured on a news program to which I was only half-listening that broke through whatever I was doing and made me sit up  and pay attention. I was glad I did. 

According to Magellan AI, which monitors how much advertisers spend on podcasts, BetterHelp spent $4.3 million in February on 386 podcasts. One of radio's favorite advertisers, GEICO, was second with $2.6 million spent on 260 mainly sports podcasts. Here are the top 5...

The Dan Bongino Show,  syndicated by Cumulus' Westwood One, will begin airing in the Noon to 3P slot once occupied by Rush Limbaugh on at least 30 Cumulus stations across the country as of May 24th.

Country Radio Broadcasters will present the March installment of its CRS360 Webinarseries on March 24. The new program is titled: CRS 2021 Research Presentation: A Closer Look.

PBS SoCal, KCET and 89.3 KPCC-FM are partnering to provide a new daily regional news program. Social Update will be available for free on Radio, Television, Online Streaming, Podcasts and Social Media.

Entercom raised funds to provide over 650,000 meals for people in need through the “Giant Eagle Feed the Need Radiothon.” The radiothon directly benefits Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and those dealing with food insecurity in the Pittsburgh region.

(By Laurie Kahn) Hiring can be a complex process. You need to hire someone you want to stick around, who can be productive and who will fit in with the team. Often, we get caught up in reading the prospect on incorrect attributes and being swayed to hire the wrong person.

This time it was Townsquare's turn to report that, with every passing quarter, radio has its sights set on returning to the days of old - 2019. In Q4 Townsquare's revenue decline of 3% was significantly better than the 35% decline in Q2 and 15% decline in Q3.

Global Media & Entertainment Investments, an investment firm run by British businessman Michael Tabor, has asked the FCC for approval to increase its position in America's largest radio company and take its 8.7% stake in iHeartMedia up to 49.99%.