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CES was finally back in force for 2024, rebounding from the pandemic years, with plenty of technological opportunity for radio. Now Jacobs Media is set to continue its tradition of sharing CES insights through its upcoming free live webinar, CES 2024: The Year of AI.

Former WFAN morning show co-host Craig Carton was released from federal prison Tuesday morning. He served one year of a 3 1/2 year prison sentence for running a Ponzi ticket selling scam to pay off his gambling debts. The speculation will be whether he returns to WFAN or not.

The company announced that Active Rock station I-Rock 93.5 made its debut for Iowa and Illinois, Friday, bumping ESPN sports programming to 1170 AM.

(By Chris Stonick) When it comes to talking with recruitment clients, you need to know the landscape. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 9.0 million open jobs in the country as of December. How many people are unemployed?

Radio station streams should be back to normal on Google Assistant after a multiple-day outage. Starting earlier this week, users encountered an error message when requesting to play a radio station on their smartphones, smart displays, speakers, or cars.

(By Lisa Thal) The holidays are over, and the new year has arrived. This can be a very stressful time for many of us. For those who are building on the prior year of success, congratulations! For those who fell short of expectations last year, I hope this article helps you build a successful 2019!

RCS and Marketron are forming a partnership that will allow deeper integration into Marketron’s open workflow platform Mediascape. In a joint press release the two companies said, "This new interface will allow real time reconciliation and substitution of any advertising content on a broadcast station." Right now nearly 50% of Marketron’s customers use an RCS automation product.

On Monday morning, the National Association of Broadcasters and the NAB Education Foundation unveiled an online toolkit to help journalists cover sensitive stories involving religion as part of the “Awareness in Reporting” initiative.

As the FCC moves forward on allowing FM geotargeting for three minutes of every broadcast hour, they have initiated a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with a schedule for public input for broadcasters to express their support or concern.

Cumulus Media has flipped WFAS-AM to AM1230Digital: New Talk for New York. The station features news talk on weekdays and sports talk on the weekends.