Reinvent Your Client for Fun & Profit
(Jeffrey Hedquist) Your client works hard, but they’re not getting the same results or the same increases in business they used to get. Their response: “We’ll do even more of what we’ve been doing, or we’ll work harder, or we’ll sell for less.” Here's how you need to intervene:
Bustos Media Marks 11th Year Raising Over $100K for St. Jude
Bustos Media's 32 radio stations came together to raise $143,067 during the broadcaster's annual radiothon benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This was the company’s eleventh consecutive year surpassing the $100,000 fundraising milestone.
LAST CALL: Steven Portnoy, Stephen A, and Forecast 2026
Radio’s future won’t wait. Radio Ink’s November Forecast 2026 issue confronts the year ahead, from FCC power shifts and market volatility to the business of trust, regulation, and reinvention, through voices shaping what comes next for broadcasters, investors, and storytellers alike.
Broadcasters Foundation and NAB Host Inaugural DC Media Mixer
Policy briefings were put on pause last night as the broadcast industry gathered on M Street for an evening of genuine connection at the NAB headquarters, where the Broadcasters Foundation of America hosted its first Washington, DC, Media Mixer.
Radio’s Superpower
(Randy Lane) One of the biggest reasons people listen to the radio isn’t for music or traffic updates; it’s for connection. Listeners tune in for company, and for that familiar voice that makes their day feel a little less lonely. And right now, that connection matters more than ever.
97.1 The Ticket To Anchor Audacy’s Detroit Sports Radio Network
Audacy is tipping off a statewide, cross-company hub for Michigan sports fans on December 1. 97.1 The Ticket (WXYT) will serve as the flagship station for the Detroit Sports Radio Network, produced and distributed by Audacy.
Family Life Radio Host Leads Cancer Walk While in Treatment
Family Life Radio Midday Host Shannyn Caldwell joined hundreds of participants in Albuquerque for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, leading her team, “Shannyn’s Kicking Cancer,” while undergoing treatment for breast cancer herself.
Mid-West Family Radiothon Sets New CMN Record in La Crosse
Mid-West Family Broadcasting La Crosse and Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals raised more than $150,000 during their annual Radiothon, setting a new record for donations to support families with children receiving medical care in Western Wisconsin.
TODAY’s Jones to Host Gracies Fireside Chat With Katie Couric
The Gracies are bringing two of journalism’s most recognizable voices to the same stage. TODAY co-host Sheinelle Jones will lead a fireside chat with Katie Couric as the Alliance for Women in Media honors the pioneering broadcaster with its 2025 Gracies Icon Award.
iHeartMedia Joins Amazon DSP to Power Programmatic Buying
iHeartMedia is the latest major radio and podcast player to introduce a new programmatic audio integration with Amazon that gives advertisers using Amazon DSP direct access to the broadcaster’s streaming audio inventory.















