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(By Bob McCurdy) In business, those that don’t continue to “grow” are often asked to “go.” The competition for revenue has never been this intense. Never. Has the manner and mindset in which we approach our jobs evolved? Are our sales and marketing skills progressing? Fast enough?

With the big news that a majority interest in Cox Media Group’s TV stations is being acquired by Apollo Global Management also comes news of a parallel radio deal.

Alice 105.9’s (KALC-FM) 18th annual “Alice Cares for Kids Radiothon” in Denver raised over $1,350,000 to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

At the end of the parents/teens presentation, Thursday afternoon, Edison Research President Larry Rosin detailed exactly what he thinks could be done to start turning teens back to radio.

This week's blockbuster deal Cumulus pulled off is playing well with brokers Radio Ink spoke with in a January special series on their cleaner balance sheet. When we conducted our interviews in January, none of these brokers expected a deal like this to happen. Let's see what they have to say now.

The FCC voted Thursday to eliminate the Broadcast Mid-Term Report (Form 397) filing requirement, concluding that this paperwork has become redundant and unnecessary.

Thursday’s Des Moines Register carried the story about the former Des Moines, Iowa, sports radio host accused of defrauding people out of $1.5 million who has been indicted on federal charges. 

WEEI, the Red Sox flagship radio station in Boston, has reworked their team for the upcoming season.

And it comes from a newspaper. The L.A. Daily News highlights how Saul Levine actively programs and promotes his HD channels.

Wednesday night at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Radio Ink handed out its awards for the Best Program Directors in Country Radio. The best 30 Country programmers in the country accepted their awards from Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti before Zac Brown took the stage at the Omni Hotel.