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Babbel has been knocked out of the Media Monitors top spot by CDC Centers For Disease Control & Prevention. CDC aired 62,815 spots last week.

Continuing with our weekly series to show BIA’s Radio Share of Wallet analysis, let’s now look at BIA’s estimates for markets 61-70 for 2021. 

The Academy of Radio Arts and Sciences of America has selected WRHU Radio Hofstra University to receive the 2021 World Radio Day Award. The honor commemorates World Radio Day, established by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization and celebrated annually on February 13th.

Legendary talk show host Larry King died Saturday at the age of 87. In 1978, King began a nightly midnight-to-dawn radio show on 28 cities over the Mutual Broadcasting System. By the 1980s, The Larry King Show was being carried by more than 250 affiliates.

American Urban Radio Networks has signed a renewal agreement with Nielsen Audio. AURN will continue its participation in RADAR, which provides commercial ratings for networks.

To commemorate the anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s tragic death, all  Southern California Broadcasters Association member Stations will air a 24-second moment of silence on  Tuesday at 9:45 coinciding with the time the helicopter carrying Bryant, his daughter and seven others crashed in Agoura Hills, CA one year ago.  

Hallelujah 930 AM (WFXJ-AM)in Jacksonville, FL has launched.  It is the latest addition to the iHeartMedia inspirational brand.

Is your station easy to find on every smart speaker on the market? Do you tell listeners on the air how to listen to your station on smart speaker devices? Is your website littered with instructions on how to find you on this growing category of devices? If you answered no to these questions you may be losing listeners.

With a new President now in office, and all newly elected House and Senate members sworn in for the 117th Congress, the National Association of Broadcasters has put its priorities on the table.

Rosenworcel said she's honored the President has chosen her. "I thank the President for the opportunity to lead an agency with such a vital mission and talented staff.”