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Writer and producer Dayton Duncan of the new 16-hour country music documentary that will premiere on PBS this fall, will appear as part of CRS's 50th Anniversary keynote event. Ken Burns, who directed the film, cut a taped intro piece which will be followed by Duncan discussing the film.

AM980 The Mission (Minneapolis-St. Paul) is offering a free safety and security conference to help prepare church, school, and small business leaders for active threats to their congregations, faculty, and staff.

Dickey Broadcasting Company has partnered with the Atlanta Legends of the newly formed Alliance of American Football to serve as the organization’s flagship radio station.

Vice President of Global News Partnerships Campbell Brown made the announcement in a blog post yesterday that Facebook will be investing $300 million in local news over the next three years. Here's what you should know...

Westwood One's Pierre Bouvard is out with another blog touting the power of radio. This time Bouvard says that, with television audiences declining and rampant fraud in the digital space, consumer packaged goods brands are rediscovering radio as a way to reach new customers.

The 28th Annual Radio Mercury Awards are now officially accepting entries. For 2019, two new prizes have been added that reflect the current advertising environment for radio and related audio platforms.

(By Ronald Robinson) Recently, another audience measuring system has been introduced, and with some fanfare. Well, let the bells ring out, let the trumpets blare, let the banners fly. The system does one thing: It measures radio listening only in late-model vehicles.

Cumulus’ seven-station Dallas cluster raised a total of $1,304,861 for Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex charities during the 2018 calendar year.

On Monday, Hubbard Radio Minneapolis-St. Paul announced it would be unveiling a new sports product called SKOR North, a digital-first sports content brand that will be broadcast on 1500 AM.

What if you could learn how to improve your local direct sales techniques, and as a result, score bigger sales the rest of the year and beyond? Would that help make your station budget — and increase your bank account as well?