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The Independent Broadcasters Association has opened sign-up registration for its fourth bi-annual IBA National Cash Contest. Deadline to register is February 14th. The full contest details will be released on February 15. 

Grammy award-winning rock band Train will perform live at the Association of National Advertisers Masters of Marketing Conference immediately following the conference welcome dinner on Wednesday, October 24, in Orlando, Florida.

(Mike McVay) Country, as a radio format, has been eroding for several years. Country is seeing an audience rating slide that’s greater than that of other mass music formats.

The San Antonio Express-News is reporting that bondholders have transferred an iHeartMedia lawsuit against them seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from debt default notices last year to federal district court in San Antonio. The suit was being heard in Bexar County state district court where iHeart had won a previous lawsuit.

iHeartMedia Tampa Bay is returning one AM signal from Spanish-language News/Talk to its previous financial talk format, first changed in 2021. Impact Radio will host nationally syndicated programs like The Dave Ramsey Show, Michael DelGiorno, and Bloomberg Radio.

Happy Friday! This week’s Blast From The Past comes from Jo Maeder at Miami's Y-100 in the late 1970s. Send your Blast From The Past to our Online Editor Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.

That's one of 20 predictions made by the team at BIA/Kelsey in a new report called What’s Next: BIA/Kelsey 2017. BIA/Kelsey Managing Director Rick Ducey predicts national brands will outpace regional and local small and medium-sized businesses in total ad spend growth targeting local audiences.

WKRZ, Wilkes-Barre PA is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The NE Pennsylvania station is the offspring of WBRE-FM and WBRE-TV.

The FCC plans to randomly audit 5% of stations every year to make sure they are adhering to the Commission's EEO requirements. As Broadcast Attorney David Oxenford points out, 35 stations were audited this week. Stations must have 2 year's worth of EEO reports in their public file.

Everyone wants a piece of the audio action these days. Twitter has just released a new feature where users can add 140 seconds of audio into their tweets.