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(By Loyd Ford) We live in a broadcast world where a very large percentage of the business people controlling our industry believe they have commoditized programming, effectively reduced (by philosophy) their perceived need for marketing, and simplified the path between the cash register and the easier money from clients.

Univision San Antonio has debuted Vibe 107.5 KVBH which will feature Pop, Hip Hop, and R&B artists from the 1980s and early 2000s. As part of the reprogramming, legendary station KXTN Tejano & Proud will simulcast on 107.5-FM HD2, and 1350-AM.

(By Charlie Sislen) The 80/20 rule is the one ring that pretty much rules them all. It says that 80% of the consumption comes from 20% of the users. In other words, heavy users drive consumption.

KWFC, 89.1 FM in Springfield, Missouri, will celebrate its 50th Anniversary on Wednesday, April 17. The station was recognized as the 2013 Southern Gospel Radio Station of the Year by the Southern Gospel Music Guild.

WPZE Praise 102.5 FM in Atlanta has been recognized an unprecedented fourth time as Major Market Gospel Station of the Year at the 34TH Annual Stellar Awards. Also, the station's syndicated host Dwight Stone was recognized as Gospel Announcer of the year. 

ESPN Deportes Radio WEPN-AM 1050 in the Big Apple will be airing all remaining 2019 regular season and post-season games of the New York City Football Club (soccer) in Spanish on the ESPN App in conjunction with ESPN Deportes Radio 1050AM.

Here's more ammo to help you combat the naysayers who love to claim our 100 year old medium is on its death bed. On Thursday, Edison Research's Tom Webster hosted an hour long webinar, which mostly focused on podcasting, but also produced some nice stats for radio.

Cumulus suspended The Kimmer Show (Talk 106.7/Atlanta) for three days over comments made about Representative Lucy McBath. The comments had to do with Karen Handel running against McBath and the conversation was about gun control.

Bob Hoffman was the CEO of two independent advertising agencies. He's now a writer and speaker, and last week he spoke in Las Vegas at the NAB show. Hoffman says people are just plain delusional when it comes to digital and our readers are reacting to his comments.

Sixty-three-year-old Andrew Preston died Wednesday, one day after crashing his SUV. The Palm Beach Post reports Preston was sitting in the vehicle when his partner Amy Woods tried to get. Preston accelerated, sideswiped a car, and drove into a tree.