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(By Jeff McHugh) Almost no topic is off-limits in 2021, and talk involving relationships -- dating, one-night stands, infidelity, sex -- is hot in most radio format and podcast genres.

(By Ken Benson) Another Major League Baseball season is underway, and Baseball is continuing to tinker with the game in its efforts to appeal to younger fans. For years radio formats have faced their own age-related challenges.

(By Loyd Ford) You already know that 70% of what happens on a music station IS the music. That’s why music is so important. 

Radio Ink is pleased to announce that this year's Forecast conference will be co-presented by Radio + Television Business Report. Both publications are owned by Streamline Publishing.

The Saga Illini Radio Group's April Foods Day promotion, in conjunction with the Eastern Illinois Food bank, generated over 136,000 meals during an on-air and on-site promotion.

According to results from a national CARAVAN survey conducted by ENGINE Insights for Xperi's DTS the pandemic has increased the importance of the personal vehicle and in-dash infotainment today, versus pre-COVID. What does this mean for radio?

(By Francisco Montero) By overturning the Third Circuit, the FCC’s 2017 rules including repeal of the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule, will likely be reinstated. The FCC still has to deal with its pending Quadrennial Review of the ownership rules, which started in 2019. That proceeding largely looks at the radio rules.

(By Bob Silverman and Gracie Kreth) In the 9-0 ruling that many broadcasters have been waiting for, the Supreme Court affirmed a 2017 FCC decision to relax its media ownership rules. What are the next steps?

Many were taken by surprise that a ruling, not expected until the summer, came down from the high court Thursday. The vote was unanimous in favor of the FCC and broadcasters hoping for more deregulation. Here's what Justice Clarence Thomas wrote about the decision.

Programming Consultant Gary Berkowitz joins us for a Clubhouse conversation Friday morning at 9AM Eastern. Gary will take your questions about how radio sounds today and what needs to be done to make it sound better.