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WDRV-FM/Chicago’s The Sherman & Tingle Show recently celebrated the success of their “Give a Vet a Pet” campaign. The show, in partnership with the 1 Pet-1 Vet charity, aimed to raise enough money in one week to provide a service dog to a local veteran suffering from PTSD. They blew away their goal.

That's what Saga CEO Ed Christian said Wednesday as earnings season begins in the midst of a devastating pandemic that has stunted ad revenue across the country. While hope may not be a strategy, it's clearly the hope of many that businesses get the all clear to open their doors sooner rather than later.

(By Rick Fink) Some have it, some don’t! Regardless of how we describe it, having confidence is a good thing and not having it can affect a business in several negative ways, including loss of sales and customers.

(By Paul Weyland) Business owners are nervous. Some are panicking. Many are still in shock. After all, it’s only been a month or so since their world was upended. Many local business owners aren’t sure they’ll reopen. And, some are canceling their broadcast schedules because they don’t see the point in advertising at all right now.

Things like uncut panel sessions and educational handouts from this year’s Country Radio Seminar are now available for streaming at www.CountryRadioSeminar.com. CRS 2018 registrants can visit the website to review or catch up on anything they may have missed during the week.

The Museum of Broadcast Communications announced today that the Radio Hall of Fame is now accepting suggestions for 2020. The deadline is May 29. Inductees will be honored at the Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which is returning to Chicago, in October. 

(By Rick Fink) Soccer is like most sports: offense gets all the glory while the defense does all the dirty work and gets very little recognition, other than the goalie, that is. It’s the same in media sales. Selling is the fun part, we love to make the sale, it’s what you get the “high” from. But, it’s the defensive side of sales that will make you the most money and make you a cherished pro.

The lineup has been released for Country Radio Seminar’s annual “Bob Kingsley’s Acoustic Alley.” On February 6, 7 p.m. to midnight in the Legends Ballroom at the Omni, 12 artists will perform -- we've got them listed here. Register for CRS 2018 at www.CountryRadioSeminar.com.

American University's public radio station WAMU has announced the closure of its digital news platform, DCist. The move came with layoffs involving fifteen staff members, several of whom reportedly found out from a news article published before a staff meeting.

As we've learned recently, social media can turn out to be an ugly form of communication when people hit "send" before common sense kicks in. Roseanne Barr and Kevin Klein are two that come to mind quickly. At WGR in Buffalo a seemingly harmless tweet about the NFL draft resulted in another job loss.