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Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan said, during his Q3 earnings call, that when he has this call a year from now we'll all be looking at a different company. Why? Because Emmis has almost no debt.

Smulyan sounded more optimistic than he has in many months regarding radio revenue. Not only was Emmis' recent quarter (September, October, and November) up nearly 5%, the months ahead are looking strong as well.

(By Buzz Knight) CES is always deep in major announcements from big brands and today we focus on a revolutionary development in the automotive space.

The winners were unveiled at CES Thursday. The purpose of the Hackathon is to generate potential commercial products and services utilizing existing media technology, data, and infrastructure, as well as to conceptualize the kinds of transformative, disruptive technologies that will become mainstream in the next 20 years.

(By Ronald Robinson) A Chief Petty Officer barges past bridge security and hollers, “Torpedo off the port bow!” Does the officer of the deck, instead of lunging to take immediate evasive action, pause to write the Chief up for “insubordination”? Allegorically speaking, this reflects the world of radio.

As the company inches closer and closer to emerging from bankruptcy, with a much cleaner balance sheet, iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman sat for an interview with Vonnie Quinn of Bloomberg Markets this week.

(By Buzz Knight) Every year at CES one of the must-attend events is the Shelly Palmer Innovation Breakfast. Palmer (pictured here) leads the Palmer Group which offers strategic counsel, design and digital engineering services for some of the world's best-known brands.

WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station, announced six public media stations were selected to participate in WBUR's BizLab initiative to design and conduct revenue experiments for public radio in the digital age.

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.