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As the company inches closer and closer to emerging from bankruptcy, with a much cleaner balance sheet, iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman sat for an interview with Vonnie Quinn of Bloomberg Markets this week.

(By Buzz Knight) Every year at CES one of the must-attend events is the Shelly Palmer Innovation Breakfast. Palmer (pictured here) leads the Palmer Group which offers strategic counsel, design and digital engineering services for some of the world's best-known brands.

WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station, announced six public media stations were selected to participate in WBUR's BizLab initiative to design and conduct revenue experiments for public radio in the digital age.

Yes, you read that new format name correctly. The new station to be heard on WWDC-FM 101.1 HD-2 and a translator in the D.C. area is called "Washington’s WONK-FM, Smart People. News."

Replacing the La Tricolor format, Entravision launches La Suavecita on KRZY-FM (105.9). La Suavecita is a Grupero/Cumbia format, targeting women 25-49 and adults 25-54.

Media consumption trends show U.S. Hispanics are first adopters when it comes to hot new tech. How can broadcasters that wish to target these consumers best invest in the tech tools and advancements that will help leverage their brands, and extend them in ways that will ensure continued relevancy in the years ahead?

The 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards will air Thursday, March 14 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX, live from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Country radio specialists Mike O’Malley and Becky Brenner have announced their 25th annual Pre-CRS seminar, Wednesday, February 13 at the new AC Hotel, Downtown Nashville, 8:30-11:30 a.m. The Albright & O’Malley & Brenner team will present the first highlights from their 14th annual online perceptual study, “Roadmap 2019.”

They're switching things up at Philadelphia’s 106.1 The Breeze. The new lineup will feature Valerie Knight, Delilah, Helen Little, and Dan Blackman.

(By Buzz Knight) Remember when the core of a vehicle used to be their drivetrains? Today it's becoming their hard drives. So what among the 4500 exhibitors stands out as I make the pilgrimage around Vegas for CES 2019? Let's dig in...