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CBS News Radio and CBS Audio will launch Security Matters with Paul Viollis, a new daily series of feature segments and a podcast covering safety and security issues facing Americans. The feature launches Monday on the CBS News Radio Network.

The Country Radio Broadcasters has opened ticket sales for the 2019 Country Radio Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Awards ceremony, to be held Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University.

Headliner creates social media video for audio creators and has entered into a partnership with Entercom. “Video has become a medium that all audio producers need to take advantage of to drive discovery and engagement,” said Corey Podolsky, Vice President of Business Development at Entercom.

(By Gary Berkowitz) There are a few areas to carefully look at as we enter this new territory. If listeners don't know you're there and if they don't know who to ask for, smart speakers will be just one more technology that radio will compete with versus be a part of.

Another sign the industry is not totally united on lifting the ownership limits. And we shall see if this FCC takes into account that two important minority groups, in addition to iHeartMedia, do not want to see any additional deregulation.

The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters has also filed comments with The FCC regarding the upcoming Quadrennial Review of ownership rules. Another no vote.

Entercom CEO David Field reported $309 million in net revenues for the first quarter of 2019, up from $300 million in 2018. National, digital, and network revenues outperformed local, with digital now making up 10% of Entercom's total revenue.

The battle between morning hosts Boomer & Gio and afternoon driver Mike Francesa was on full display on the air, Tuesday. Francesa believes Boomer & Gio took something he said out of context and unfairly criticized him, so he called the show to let them have it.

Progressive Insurance has been selected to receive the 2019 Radio Mercury Awards "Radio Marketer of the Year" award in recognition of the company's long-term partnership with the radio industry to reach and engage consumers.

(By Art Vuolo) This is not a story about a run-of-the-mill DJ. It’s a look at an extraordinary personality in an era when many feel entertainment on the radio has been obliterated by too much research, too many programmers who like to micro-manage everything.