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(Ryan Wrecker) In our history as broadcasters, we've seen many new devices emerge in the tech world, Some have been embraced, others dismissed. Some personalities have embraced the digital components of radio and done well, but not everyone has found the level of success they desire.

The reason for the big penalty against The Cesar Chavez Foundation's KNAI-FM in Phoenix and KUFW-FM in Woodlake, California, is for violating the Commission’s underwriting laws by broadcasting announcements that promoted the products, services, or businesses of its financial contributors.

Alternative Rocker FM 94/9 (KBZT-FM) is now "ALT 949." And, Sunny 98.1 (KXSN-FM) and KYXY 96.5 (KYXY-FM) have made programming changes. Here are those changes.

The Conclave is calling for nominations for the First Annual Conclave Radio Awards, honoring the radio industry’s best radio stations. The awards are determined exclusively by the nominations and votes of radio industry professionals at large, and will recognize stations in major, large, medium, and small markets.

Boys will be boys, as the saying goes. It was not a proud moment for radio Wednesday on Radio Row at The Mall of America, although it certainly is getting two sports radio hosts a ton of national publicity. The incident resulted in iHeartMedia's sports station getting kicked off Radio Row. A question for managers around the country: Is this good publicity?

Ever since it was announced that he hired David Mueller, who a jury believed groped Taylor Swift at a concert meet-and-greet, Larry Fuss has been the subject of many national news articles. The stories, like this one in Newsweek and this one in The Daily Beast point out the rage from Swift fans that is now aimed at Fuss for hiring Mueller. He's even received death threats.

Late Wednesday, Pandora announced major cost-cutting changes were on the way. About 5% of the workforce will be losing their jobs, most likely in advertising sales and client services. The company is calling it an "organizational restructuring," that will result in a savings of $45 million every year.

It's the big game and that means big money spent on commercials. The Super Bowl may be the one program where viewers actually want to see commercials on TV. Well, the same goes for radio. Westwood One has the exclusive audio broadcast of the big game and for the fifth year in a row, Westwood has set out to find the best audio ads during the big game.

Despite the loss, SiriusXM's Q4 revenue was up 8% to $1.4 billion for a 2017 revenue total of $5.4 billion, also an increase of 8%. CEO Jim Meyer was very happy with the results. "The fourth quarter capped a strong year for SiriusXM and was our best quarter for self-pay subscriber growth in five years. We exceeded all of our 2017 subscriber and financial guidance."

The Country Radio Seminar has released details about its five mentoring breakfasts to be held when the show kicks off next week in Nashville. The breakfasts are Digital Tech Breakfast, Label Mentoring Breakfast, Programming Mentoring Breakfast, Sales Mentoring Breakfast, and Women’s Mentoring Breakfast. Here are the mentors attendees will be able to network with...