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(By Mike McVay) Enough News/Talk radio stations are seeing erosion in the ratings that Managers and Programmers need to question the message that they’re delivering to the audience. They also have to question how the audience is using their stations.

PodcastOne and Edison Research have produced the first Super Listeners study to gauge consumer opinions on podcast advertising. These Super Listeners are exposed to more messages and ads than the average listener.

The Alliance for Women in Media is celebrating the organization’s 70th anniversary, with the launch of a Voices of Courage digital tapestry, a commemorative logo and a social media campaign.

Jeff Warshaw continues to sell stations. Is he banking cash just in case a few stations come available at the end of this year? On Thursday, Townsquare announced it was buying Connoisseur's three New Jersey stations, WPST-FM 94.5, WNJE-AM 920, and WCHR-AM 1040 for $17 million. In January, Connoisseur sold five stations in Connecticut for $8 million.

Employees at Urban One learned they have a little over a month to get the vaccine in a note sent around by CEO Alfred Liggins. Employees have until October 1st to prove they have been fully vaccinated.

Beasley Media Group has officially moved Mix 99.5 (WJBR) out of Wilmington, DE to a new home in the neighboring market of Philadelphia. WJBR's programming will now piggyback as the HD2 signal for Beasley's 95.7 Ben FM (WBEN).

And it didn’t take long! The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has announced that the recent call for entries for the annual Gracie Awards was the most successful in the program’s history. 

Podcast Movement, the annual gathering of the podcast industry, has announced the sessions for this year’s Industry Track, presented by media research firm Coleman Insights. This year’s track will focus on branding and content.

We’ve heard it over and over: Radio is not a home for the young, the college graduates, the millennials. Radio Ink took that as a challenge and set out to find happy millenials at radio stations all over the country. We'll be spotlighting those millennials, asking why they’ve chosen this career and why they love working in radio. The first is Galaxy Communications star Katelyn Pray.

The company run by Chuck Williams has closed on the purchase of seven stations and translators from Great Lakes Radio in the Marquette, Michigan market. mediaBrew was founded by Williams in 2018. His goal is to own stations in Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois.