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77WABC Radio commemorated the one-year anniversary of the passing of its former Bernie & Sid in the Morning co-host, Bernard McGuirk, who died of prostate cancer. McGuirk hosted the show alongside Sid Rosenberg from April 2018 until his passing.

The Pirate Act increases fines for illegal pirate operations from $10,000 per violation to $100,000 per day per violation, up to a maximum of $2,000,000, and streamlines the FCC’s enforcement. The Pirate Act was approved by The House in a voice vote.

Havas Media Group has launched BIPOC Media Connections, a program designed to help advertisers direct more revenue to support Black-owned and Hispanic-owned radio stations across the United States.

There’s just no budging Geico from the top of the Media Monitors chart of the biggest national radio advertisers. Last week the insurance giant ran 47,837 spots around the country.

As the US comes further out of the COVID-19 pandemic, more Americans are ditching work from home, and that's great news for radio. According to a study commissioned by the Cumulus Media/Westwood One Audio Active Group, 86% of the nation's workforce is back commuting.

Conclave #42 is set for July 26–28 in Minneapolis. Jacobs Media's Seth Ressler will host a panel of podcasting experts, as that space continues to grow. Ressler will be joined by Matt Cundill, host of The Soundoff Podcast, Samara Freedmark, Senior Producer of In The Dark Podcast, and Rob Greenlee who is the Content Director at Spreaker.com. For more info GO HERE.

Cumulus’ Wilmington, NC, cluster will send all donated items from its annual “Christmas For Our Troops” fundraiser and series of donation drives to deployed servicemen and women overseas in time for Christmas.

(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.

On Sunday night Fox News Host Tucker Carlson responded to off-color remarks he made while on the Bubba-The-Love-Sponge show a decade ago. Carlson was a regular on Bubba's show back then. Media Matters dug up the comments.

Industry experts discussed the crucial role of technology and innovation in shaping the future of Hispanic radio at Hispanic Radio Conference on Thursday. The panel, moderated by Dara Kalvort, featured insightful discussions and valuable insights from industry leaders.