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Peoria station 104.9 The Wolf (WXCL) raised $66,362 with John & Jaymie’s Radiothon for St. Jude Kids with Chick-Fil-A Peoria. Broadcasting for two days – February 2-3 – for 12 hours each day, the funds lifted The Wolf’s 27-year total to nearly $7 million.

A celebration of vinyl records is set for April 23, 2022. The College Radio Foundation is organizing the event that will feature radio stations going vinyl-only for a day.

The National Association of Broadcasters has joined the COVID Collaborative, a national assembly of experts and organizations working on unified action against the COVID-19 pandemic. NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith will serve on the Collaborative’s National Advisory Council.

(By Buzz Knight) Life is clearly too short. The news of the passing of Ron Tarsi is evidence of that fact. Ron was one of my first bosses in the real job world and although like many situations we had drifted apart.

(By Bob McCurdy) Over the past several weeks, a couple of clients hit us with three firmly held and confidently stated opinions that reconfirmed that “projection bias” continues to play a major role in the media selection process. We were glad we were there to begin to address this.

(By Pat Bryson) Tomorrow is July 4th, the day America celebrates the passage of the Declaration of Independence. As our country grew and developed, free enterprise became the backbone of improving the lives of our countrymen and women.

It's been about a year now since long-time Emmis morning man Big Boy left Power 106 for iHeartMedia's start-up Hip Hop station Real 92.3 in Los Angeles. Emmis filed a lawsuit against Big Boy claiming they had right of first refusal to match the offer given to him by iHeart. Emmis claimed it did match iHeart's $3.5 million salary and other perks, however Big Boy crossed the street anyway. Emmis has confirmed that a settlement between the two sides has been reached. Emmis was asking for $5 Million.

And the for-profit FM is now asking the community for donations. According to The Santa Cruz Sentinel the 70-year-old station is turning to its listeners for support. In a station promo, owner Michael Zweling says, “KSCO has been my primary philanthropic project for over two decades and I could use some help. If you like KSCO and want to help it survive and thrive, send money. Anything at all will help.”

Joni Mitchell said she decided to remove all of her music from Spotify in support of Neil Young. Young gave Spotify an ultimatum, either they dump Joe Rogan or he'd pull his music from the streamer. Spotify went with their $100 million podcaster.

The atmosphere is upbeat and the setting is spectacular as the 2017 Radio Show began Tuesday afternoon in downtown Austin with a cocktail reception and several afternoon sessions.