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(By LeadsRX CEO AJ Brown) I recently published a blog on three trends that will make a big mark on the marketing attribution landscape in 2020. And while I was speaking to all marketers who advertise on any medium, two of my trends come directly from our company's experience in the radio industry.

The first all-digital radio station in Boston is set to launch in April. Danielle Johnson has been knocking on doors of commercial terrestrial radio stations in Boston for years with no success, so she decided to take matters into her own hands.

New York Festivals Radio Awards kicks off their inaugural Storytellers Gala on Tuesday, April 21, at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Irving Azoff's Performance Rights Organization GMR has responded to a January 14 filing the NAB made to the United States District Court in California in the battle between GMR and The RMLC, which represents radio. The PRO was unimpressed.

It doesn't look like what happened in Des Moines is going to happen in Indianapolis. Despite a Change.org campaign that has about 6,000 signatures on it, Indy sports talkers Query and Schultz are still off the air.

Kent Sterling was a talk show host for five years, and have managed for 15, including PD gigs at 1070 the Fan and WIBC in Indianapolis and 101 ESPN in St. Louis. After being downsized out less than a year ago, Sterling wrote a book.

Tracey Johnson has written a Survival Guide for those affected by the recent round of layoffs. Johnson experienced this himself and wants to help. "I was terminated in 1988. My phone rang. It was Scott Shannon. He told me he'd been following my career and said this would be a good thing and offered help. That moment remains a career highlight."

After being told by the RIAA there's nothing to see here, FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly is determined to find out if Payola is taking place between the music industry and radio. He's now taking aim at three record labels. 

Kudos to the team at Coloff Media’s KCVM-FM in Cedar Falls. The NAB announced on Wednesday that the station will receive its Crystal Heritage Award which recognizes radio stations that have won five Crystal Radio Awards for service to their local communities.

Radio Ink's Hispanic Radio Conference has just added local advertising guru Gordon Borrell to the 2020 conference agenda. Borrell will discuss the changing face of advertising and how local businesses are beginning to embrace companies that will help them navigate the new marketing landscape.