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The Independent Broadcasters Association has a new partnership with Broadcast Depot. Broadcast Depot has been part of the industry for more than 20 years providing service and parts from a warehouse stocked with more than a million dollars in inventory.

Indeed has sent Progressive into second place on the latest Media Monitors spot list. Indeed (59,100) leap-frogged from second to first, swapping spots with Progressive (57,634).

Continuing with our series to show BIA’s Radio Share of Wallet analysis, let’s look at BIA’s estimates for markets 101-110 for 2021.  BIA’s new U.S. Local Ad Forecast estimates that revenue across all media will reach $137.5 billion and radio’s share will grow to 9.2%.

100.5 & 790 Newsradio WSGW (Saginaw) is filling the Noon-3 slot with a trio. The Markley, Van Camp & Robbins (MVC&R) Show was added to the line up in mid March.

Sports Talk 104.5 The Zone/WGFX-FM in Nashville is partnering with A to Z Sports.  The agreement puts together the two sports entertainment brands to share and develop content on–air and across multiple digital platforms.

The Fuego Radio format is expanding into two new owned and operated Entravision stations in Las Vegas and Palm Springs. 92.7 KRRN-FM in the Moapa Valley and 103.5 KPST-FM in the Coachella Valley join KRTO-FM that flipped at the beginning of the year..

(By Loyd Ford) Getting noticed is a skill that is often overlooked and rarely practiced today. Sales people need attention to sell their products. Programming people need attention to gain market share. Radio pros looking for work need to gain attention from managers, consultants and others hiring.

(By Randy Lane) The Bert Show celebrates 20 years this week. Bert Weiss and his cast continue to attract top morning ratings with females in their Atlanta home base and in 25 syndicated markets.

The actress posted a tweet responding to former Cumulus host Rob Lederman's racists comments last week. The now unemployed host compared toaster settings to the tone of black women’s skin, mentioning both Berry and Serena Williams. Here's the Berry tweet...

Cox Media Tulsa launched its 2021 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway fundraiser with a goal to sell 13,000 tickets, which would raise $1.3 million for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.  This year’s goal is 1,000 more than the cluster sold last year.