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Starting Monday and running all next week, Radio Ink's daily headlines present a five-part series, “Why Do So Many Radio Ads Suck?”, talking with radio industry creative experts from local production directors to agency veterans on how we can take back the stopset and our revenue.

iHeartMedia has announced the return of its iHeart80s Party hosted by Martha Quinn, at the SAP Center in San Jose January 28, 2017. The event will feature New Kids on the Block, UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey, Colin Hay of Men At Work, Rick Astley, Starship, Eddie Money, Night Ranger, and others.

Multicultural Media, Telcom & Internet Council is marking the month with a tribute to FCC Chairs and Commissioners. The tribute is made up of bios for seven Chairs and Commissioners.

GetUpside is back at number one on the Media Monitors list. The cash back app knocked Pfizer out of the top ten. Looking at the numbers: GetUpside (62.565), NHTSA (57,309), Babbel (47,301), Indeed (43,687), DuckDuckGo (40,232).

Beasley Media Group Founder and Chairman George Beasley has been inducted into the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Radio Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place during the organization’s 2019 Gold Medal Awards Dinner on Sunday, May 5th at the Hotel Hershey in Hershey, PA.

Dan Seeman is the Vice President and Market Manager for Hubbard Radio in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. He oversees KS95, myTalk 107.1, 1500 ESPN, and the 24-station Hubbard Radio Network. Seeman has led radio stations to four NAB Crystal Awards, multiple Marconi awards, a Service To America Award, and six AWRT Gracie Awards for community service. Here's why...

(By Bob McCurdy) What follows comes from an article published last week, titled, "Why ARF Thinks Marketers Should Reconsider Their Personalization Strategy," which included insights from the ARF’s CEO Scott McDonald, and the ARF’s Chief Research Officer Paul Donato.

Country Radio Broadcasters is accepting applications for its CRS 2024 Agenda Committee, which is responsible for organizing events for the upcoming year's Country Radio Seminar. Interested parties can submit their application on the CRS website.

Glenn Beck has filed a lawsuit against the man who used to run TheBlaze. The complaint accuses Christoper Balfe of breach of contract, general mismanagement, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud. Here are the details and what Balfe told Radio Ink about the lawsuit?

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has awarded the grants to three public radio stations to implement the Urban Alternative format to connect with young, multicultural audiences.