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Cumulus has launched the second annual national search for the nation’s newest star with neXt2rock 2018. The winner of the four-month-long national competition will receive a record deal on John Varvatos Records under the Big Machine Label Group umbrella, as well as substantial exposure, commensurate with a major label release, on Cumulus Radio stations nationwide. 

To be sure, radio’s ownership and leadership can trot out a litany of complaints against a number of outside and inside influences, including government regulations, other media that enjoy “unfair” advantages, “unreasonable” demands from advertisers and agencies, and the machinations of unscrupulous competitors. But are they hitting the target?

(By Bob McCurdy) To some the following might come off as heresy. Let’s peel back the onion on an ad metric that flows off our tongues daily. It’s an important metric in our industry as it guides commercial scheduling, as well as the way we position our medium to advertisers and agencies.

(By Jeff McHugh, Stephanie Winans, Stan Main, John Silliman Dodge) On-air personalities have a calendar full of appearances, promotions, and events in the summer months. Promotions and events are opportunities for you to make new fans and to solidify relationships with old fans and clients. Here are some important tips.

Are smartphones killing websites? A recent Bloomberg article that asserted: "Smartphones are doing to websites what Amazon did to the mall." It's an interesting observation and one that Mark Ramsey and Tom Asacker really dig into.

Voting results for the 2018 National Radio Hall of Fame’s 24 nominations in six categories are in. Four of the categories were decided by a voting participant panel comprised of nearly 1,000 industry professionals. The other two categories were voted on by the public; and there was an unprecedented level of listener participation. Here are the inductees...

Oliviero was one of the executives who stayed on with Entercom following the merger with CBS Radio. At CBS Oliviero Executive VP of Programming. He retained that title upon completion of the merger. Oliviero, who's been on Radio Ink's Top 20 Leaders List for the past two years, says it's time to move on.

Radio Ink's very popular Most Influential Women in Radio issue is now available. This massively thick issue not only includes 30 pages of success secrets from radio's most successful women, it also features Entravision's Angie Balderas on the cover. Our 2018 MIW list will only be published in our print and digital issue; it will not be posted online.

Those are the words from respected Wall Street analyst Marci Ryvicker who hosted a luncheon for investors and Entercom management Wednesday. 35 investors attended, "which should tell you the level of interest investors have" in Entercom, according to Ryvicker. Let's get to the details...

A one-page document was filed with the court yesterday by judge James Whittemore directed both sides back into mediation. Nielsen and Bubba's representatives must meet with the judge today to schedule that mediation.