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(By Randy Lane) When I was a young DJ at KUPD Phoenix, I set up a song with what I thought was a clever intro. Suddenly, the PD burst into the control room and sharply said, “Don’t ever say anything stupid again on the air!” I was speechless; mortified.

Tim Havens, owner of Falls Farm & Garden Equipment in Hudson Falls, NY, loves radio. It took someone hurting his feelings before he realized how to use radio the right way, and he's never looked back.

The Radio Advertising Bureau will present four sales and marketing sessions in Las Vegas this April. The sessions are called: Radio’s Lunch and Learn: Creating Sustainable Performance, Small & Medium Radio Markets Idea Exchange, From Surviving to Thriving in Radio Sales and Digital Strategies Exchange for Radio Workshop.

Skyview Networks' CT40 and B-Dub Radio have a couple of specials for the Labor Day Weekend. Work It, America!' and 'Grills and Guitars Weekend' will feature some of the top stars in Country Music.

WYKB-FM, Jacksonville, FL will be launching a Latin Urban format on its latest acquisition. Norsan already owns WNNR-AM & WVOJ-AM, and co-owns WEWC-AM & WJXR-FM.

iHeartMedia has named Joey Zanetis Executive Vice President, Sales, Markets Automotive. Zanetis has been with iHeartMedia for 17 years; most recently serving as SVP, Automotive Business Development and Partnerships.

College Broadcasters Inc. is out with the list of national finalists in the 2022 CBI National Student Production Awards. The awards honor outstanding student work in electronic media, and include more than 20 submission categories.

According to the NAB, broadcasters will undertake a national effort to address heroin and prescription drug abuse that's impacting communities across America.

(By Mike McVay) The Country Radio Seminar kicks off on Wednesday, February 28. It is my Must Attend every year. I was wowed when I first attended the conference 30+ years ago. Never before had I been to a conference about only one format, where there is unity among radio stations and record labels to further a music genre.

It's what every person connected to radio said needed to happen. Once Radio's biggest company got its financial house in order, the entire industry would benefit, investors and advertisers would feel more comfortable.