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(By Jeff McHugh) “It’s your ear more than your eye,” said CBS 60 Minutes creator, the late Don Hewitt. Broadcasters sometimes overlook the importance of audio. In television, what audiences hear is more important than what they see. Radio and podcast presenters have only sound to work with, but many leave its potential unexplored.

(By Bob McCurdy) An article I read recently extracted select quotes from three books: How Not to Plan, Eat Your Greens, and Effectiveness in Context. These books are worth being added to any radio salesperson’s personal library. Here are some quotes from each, along with my thoughts.

Chicago Classic Rock station 97.1 FM - The Drive recently collaborated with Operation Gratitude to send holiday care packages to servicemen and women overseas.

As if competing with Facebook and Google for advertising dollars wasn't enough of a headache, the largest company in the world is about to add to your daily aspirin intake. Alexa: "Order me more Advil!"

Regarding the wind-down of NextRadio and TagStation, CEO Jeff Smulyan confirmed 35 employees were terminated and $1.2 million in severance was paid out. And the company lost $8.4 million on NextRadio and TagStation between November 1, 2017 and November 30, 2018.

Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan said, during his Q3 earnings call, that when he has this call a year from now we'll all be looking at a different company. Why? Because Emmis has almost no debt.

Smulyan sounded more optimistic than he has in many months regarding radio revenue. Not only was Emmis' recent quarter (September, October, and November) up nearly 5%, the months ahead are looking strong as well.

(By Buzz Knight) CES is always deep in major announcements from big brands and today we focus on a revolutionary development in the automotive space.

The winners were unveiled at CES Thursday. The purpose of the Hackathon is to generate potential commercial products and services utilizing existing media technology, data, and infrastructure, as well as to conceptualize the kinds of transformative, disruptive technologies that will become mainstream in the next 20 years.

(By Ronald Robinson) A Chief Petty Officer barges past bridge security and hollers, “Torpedo off the port bow!” Does the officer of the deck, instead of lunging to take immediate evasive action, pause to write the Chief up for “insubordination”? Allegorically speaking, this reflects the world of radio.