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Colorado Public Radio's Spring Membership Drive will help feed more than 4,000 families for a week. The just concluded drive raised more than $550,000 from more than 4400 donors.

(By Deborah Parenti) I recently watched the Netflix documentary The Greatest Night in Pop. The film captures a January evening in 1985 when more than 45 top artists came together to record “We Are the World.”

(By James Bahm) Throughout my career I’ve had several colleagues tell me that, “Sales is a game.” Since first hearing it, that phrase has never left me. While one can compare sales to many games, I’m going with solitaire.

Legal marijuana is a lucrative revenue category. Radio has had to sit on the sidelines and watch others snatch that money off the table. Yesterday action was taken in Washington that may get radio closer to sharing in that big money pot.

John Fix, senior media analyst at Procter & Gamble, the iconic consumer package goods giant where he is known as the “radio guy” is sitting down with Nielsen’s Brad Kelly for a conversation at Forecast LIVE, December 8-9.

Rolling Stone has published a very lengthy piece that will surely have radio managers thinking. The magazine quotes several radio and record label sources that claim, even today, money is still being paid illegally to get artists played on the radio. Here are a few excerpts from the article...

With Country Radio Seminar 2023 wrapped up, many are returning home with fresh ideas and inspiration. Radio Ink asked one of our Best Program Directors in Country Radio award winners, Charlie Cook, about his takeaways from this year's CRS.

Radio Ink is pleased to announce that Hispanic Radio LIVE!, a virtual series presented in five weekly 90-minute installments, will kick off on October 1 and run through October 29 — each Thursday of the month.

Greau Creative and the Independent Broadcasters Association are partnering to offer branding, sales and marketing services to IBA Members. The partnership is one of several that the IBA has recently formed to help its members.

The Chicago Blackhawks and WGN Radio have renewed their long-standing partnership with a three-year broadcast rights extension, ensuring that Blackhawks hockey will continue airing on WGN Radio through the 2026-27 NHL season.