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1010 WINS Sports Director and AM Drive Host Marc Ernay(left), Weiss Agency EVP Heather Cohen and JVC CEO John Caracciolo were all inducted into The Hofstra Hall of Fame this past weekend. 1010 WINS AM News Anchor Lee Harris (r) a previous inductee was the MC.

It's been radio's calling card forever. What makes radio different is the local connection. Radio can outperform every competitor by excelling at local. We also hear that content is king. So, does it really matter if you're local with bad content, when you can pipe in a strong and successful syndicated show?

With EMF purchasing WYAY-FM from Cumulus, the Braves have been moved to Rocker WNNX-FM (100.5). WYAY was part of a larger $103.5 million deal Cmulus made with EMF.

Next up in our series on finding high-performance Account Executives is Massimo Rosati, President of Binnie Media. The privately owned, New Hampshire-based company operates stations across Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

KNSJ-FM is off the air, it says, due to "climate disruption." Actually it was one of the worst ice storms to hit the area in decades. The violent weather damaged the station's antenna, knocking it off the air. The station started a unique campaign to raise the money needed for repairs.

SmartRadio is a next-generation cloud-based data-driven radio platform consisting of several components: multichannel Smart Production, Smart Publication, Smart Analytics, and data-driven Smart Tools. It will be demonstrated at NAB in booth N4120.

Over the years AM Radio has always been on of the most controversial topics we've written about. It always leads to a lot of discussion, comments, feedback and angst. Bryan Broadcasting's Ben Downs says he has the solution.

That's what The Financial Times is reporting as the price the streaming music company paid for the three year old story-driven podcast network launched by Max Cutler.

iHeartMedia and the Aloha Trust announced late on Wednesday a swap covering two markets. iHeartMedia will pick up six stations from Connoisseur Media in Erie, Pennsylvania, and one in Mina, New York. In return Connoisseur gets two stations from the Aloha Trust in Frederick, Maryland.

Here's a follow-up to the story we reported Tuesday when $10,000 worth of equipment was stolen from WAMO-FM in Pittsburgh. Thanks to the power of social media, all the equipment has been returned.