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Benztown will host a free webinar for voiceover pros Friday at 3:00 PST. The topic is the current state of the art of radio imaging and production in the post-coronavirus environment. The webinar will be hosted by Marice Tobias. Register HERE.

Adding more than 13,000 commercials to its schedule bumped Progressive from third to the top spot on the Media Monitors national radio advertiser chart last week. The national insurance chain ran 72,079 commercials on radio stations all across the country.

Since 2018 Cumulus has been seeking approval from the FCC to allow foreign investment in the company up to 100%. FCC rules prohibit more than 25% foreign investment. On Friday The Commission approved Cumulus' request.

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The following was posted to The Randy Lane Blog on Sunday....When a tragedy like the George Floyd murder happens, some on-air shows say, “our station won’t let us touch topics like this,” or “our show is a haven from negative topics.” 

(By Charlie Sislen) This column is typically focused on hints and strategies to help a broadcast sales rep increase sales by attracting new advertisers to radio. For that reason, we have not focused on GRPs and CPP, the currency of our industry. In normal times, these metrics are used by existing advertisers to negotiate rate.

(By Loyd Ford) Your listeners, local businesses and radio itself has suffered a significant grouping of disruption. When disruption happens, often times everything that is normal gets tossed out the window. If you have been an adult for a while, you know this is ‘adulting.’

(By Bob McCurdy) A lot has changed but not everything. When it comes to advertising, many of the tenets that existed prior to Covid remain and might be more important than ever. When it comes to...

In November of 2019 Phil Zachary left Washington, DC where he was the market manager for Entercom to work at the Entercom corporate office on special projects. He announced on Facebook that, after 7 years, he was leaving the company.

As protests continue all over the country, one very odd incident took place in Louisville. In this video you can see a Louisville police officer fire pepper bullets directly at WAVE-TV reporter Kaitlin Rust. Both the NAB and SAG-AFTRA were quick to speak out. Here's what they had to say.