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Connoisseur Media's WALK-FM 97.5 will have a new slogan for this Thursday. “WALK 97.5, Don’t Text and Drive” will replace regular station messaging for the day in an effort to remind Long Islanders to be safe behind the wheel.

Through the Rusty Walker Scholarship program, Country Radio Seminar gives complimentary registration to three driven radio employees who have never had the opportunity to attend the 3-day educational and networking event. Interested individuals must apply by end of the day on Nov. 13, 2018.

Colin Kinsella is CEO at Havas Media Group North America, an award-winning global media network operating in over 140 countries worldwide. Kinsella is also on the upcoming (11/12) cover of Radio Ink Magazine, which is also our Forecast 2019 issue (Kinsella is also speaking at Forecast 2019). Most importantly, Colin Kinsella is helping you tell radio's story.

And it was created by five of the company's interns at KMEX-TV in Los Angeles. The campaign is called Vota Conmigo, and the goal is to increase nonpartisan voter participation ahead of midterm elections.

This year the 2018 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, handed out at the Radio Show in Orlando, included new audio and video production elements provided by The Mix Group.

At its regular monthly meeting, Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission eliminated the nearly 80-year-old requirement that broadcasters routinely file paper copies of station contracts and other documents with the Commission. Broadcasters have been required to submit these paper filings since the 1930s.

Hollywood star Harrison Ford is making a rare public appearance on October 28 at Elvis Duran’s 4th Annual Carney Awards. The star of the Indiana Jones and Star Wars films will present the Chairman’s Lifetime Achievement award to the legendary character actor M. Emmet Walsh.

Managers...how do you know when one of your hosts has gone too far? Back in August, WFAN host Maggie Gray went on a rant calling Madison Square Garden Executive Chairman James Dolan a "vile piece of trash," among other things. Gray attacked Dolan because of a song he released with his band called “I Should’ve Known.”

On December 17, Radio Ink will release its seventh annual Top Local Sports Talkers in America list. Every year, our editorial board ranks the best of the best in local Sports Talk. Your deadline to nominate is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Make your nomination HERE.

It's election time and that means Bobby Baker's phone is probably ringing off the hook. Baker is the Assistant Division Chief of the Policy Division in the FCC's Media Bureau. Equal time, lowest unit rates, paperwork requirements, and election law are all discussed in the latest FCC podcast HERE.