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(By Paul Weyland) Having just returned from another week in the field, I’m surprised again at how few tools radio account executives are really using when pitching local direct clients.

(By Bob McCurdy) The other day I was reviewing material that I presented four years ago to a radio cluster while prepping for a conversation with several new hires. Much of the material remains relevant today.

State Broadcasting Associations hope so and New Jersey Broadcasters Association President Paul Rotella has written a letter on behalf of all associations urging the new Congress to keep the pressure on.

While the company is in bankruptcy there are no earnings calls, however, in an SEC filing iHeart reported total revenue of $1.58 million in the third quarter up from $1.53 in the third quarter of 2017.

Thursday had to be an uncomfortable situation for the WFAN morning crew when the topic of former co-host Craig Caron's conviction on bilking investors millions of dollars came up.

The new company is called Great Lakes Media. Its CEO is veteran broadcaster Tom Langmyer and the plan is to purchase stations in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. But why those markets?

Indianapolis Country radio station WFMS was recognized as Radio Station of the Year by the Indiana Broadcasters Association at its 2018 Spectrum Awards Luncheon. The luncheon was held at the 2018 Indiana Broadcasters Conference in Carmel, IN.

iHeartMedia Sacramento announced today the launch of 92.5 The Breeze, “Sacramento’s #1 For Relaxing Favorites at Work.” The Breeze will launch Monday, November 12 at 3 p.m. by playing 10,000 commercial-free songs in a row.

Beasley Media Group has flipped b98.7 WPBB-FM/Tampa Bay to Christmas music from now through Christmas Day. The station will be playing a wide variety of holiday music from the classics to today’s favorites.

The Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation, has opened the call for entries for the 44th Annual Gracie Awards Gala, May 21, 2019, at the Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, and Gracie Awards Luncheon, June 26, 2019, in New York City at Cipriani 42nd Street.