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The iHeartMedia Private Marketplace allows brand advertisers to create their own unique, tailored marketplaces made up of their specific audience targets and pricing, to dial up and down across each year as their marketing needs require.

77 members of the House of Representatives and eight Senators have joined together to introduce resolutions in the new Congress opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. Many of them praised local radio in their hometown markets. 

The company was looking at strong comps in January and February of 2020 before the bottom fell out in March when the pandemic grabbed the American way of life by the throat. In January and February revenue was down 21% compared to 2020. March revenue was up 3.9% over March 2020.

It's a strange economy out there. As Americans edge closer to a post-pandemic normal way of life, automobiles sales are strong, gas prices are rising, restaurants are struggling to find workers and the government is running a campaign to get people to take the vaccine.

(By Buzz Knight) There are many important core values that should permeate your organization. Transparency is important so the organization always knows where the business is headed.

Grace Broadcast Sales has released its 30th Anniversary edition of “Above & Beyond,” a collection of 20 one-minute vignettes profiling Medal of Honor recipients for Memorial Day.

P&G and iHeartMedia are once again partnering for the Can’t Cancel Pride benefit. The event is set to stream June 4.

The Infinite Dial® 2021 Canada is presented by Edison Research and Triton Digital®. The Webinar is set for May 13.

Back in March Westwood One filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Local Radio Networks, claiming LRN's Radio Velocity Control computer hardware and software technology infringed on Westwood patents. On Monday, in a 25 page rebuttal, LRN denied every one of Westwood's claims.

By Friday we'll know if the positive revenue momentum is continuing for radio as the country gets back to normal, states open back up and more people receive the coronavirus vaccine. It's one of the busiest weeks in recent memory for earnings calls from the radio industry.