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Yes, you read that new format name correctly. The new station to be heard on WWDC-FM 101.1 HD-2 and a translator in the D.C. area is called "Washington’s WONK-FM, Smart People. News."

Replacing the La Tricolor format, Entravision launches La Suavecita on KRZY-FM (105.9). La Suavecita is a Grupero/Cumbia format, targeting women 25-49 and adults 25-54.

Media consumption trends show U.S. Hispanics are first adopters when it comes to hot new tech. How can broadcasters that wish to target these consumers best invest in the tech tools and advancements that will help leverage their brands, and extend them in ways that will ensure continued relevancy in the years ahead?

The 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards will air Thursday, March 14 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX, live from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Country radio specialists Mike O’Malley and Becky Brenner have announced their 25th annual Pre-CRS seminar, Wednesday, February 13 at the new AC Hotel, Downtown Nashville, 8:30-11:30 a.m. The Albright & O’Malley & Brenner team will present the first highlights from their 14th annual online perceptual study, “Roadmap 2019.”

They're switching things up at Philadelphia’s 106.1 The Breeze. The new lineup will feature Valerie Knight, Delilah, Helen Little, and Dan Blackman.

(By Buzz Knight) Remember when the core of a vehicle used to be their drivetrains? Today it's becoming their hard drives. So what among the 4500 exhibitors stands out as I make the pilgrimage around Vegas for CES 2019? Let's dig in...

Seven Mountains Media is the buyer of WNKI-FM, WNGZ-FM, WPGI-FM, WWLZ-AM and WRCE-AM in Elmira, N.Y., and WPIG-FM and WHDL-AM in Olean, N.Y. from Community Broadcasters. No price was announced.

One of our regular readers reached out to us Tuesday to let us know the trouble he'd been having when attempting to upload his Q4 quarterly issues file, which are due January 10, to the FCC website. With the government being closed for business, that is impacting the FCC.

Growing up in the media business we've always heard about the importance of pictures. Remember those car dealers telling us how they had to be in the newspaper because of the pictures? Go to any social media seminar and the guru at the front of the room will tell you that posts are more powerful with pictures and video. So how does this translate to radio?