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Fresh off the heels of a big night at the Grammys for Kacey Musgraves, Marissa Ross at Rolling Stone writes that Country radio has a choice to make. The never-ending debate about why female artists do not get a lot of Country airplay is sure to be a big part of CRS which begins Wednesday in Nashville.

It's that time of year again. Wednesday, Feb. 13 through Friday, Feb. 15 is The Country Radio Seminar in Nashville. Radio Ink will be crowning the 2019 Best PD's in Country Radio tonight at Amazon.com's opening night event. Check out the full CRS agenda HERE.

One of the most anticipated sessions at the Hispanic Radio Conference every year is the legal and regulatory session spear-headed by well-respected Washington, DC, attorney Frank Montero. This year, Frank has assembled a particularly strong group of experts who will tackle a host of big issues.

Millpond has made an undisclosed investment in Futuri Media. Futuri plans to use the money to invest in new technology innovations for its broadcast partners and potentially acquire other companies.

It’s the eighth year for the Iron Imager Contest, the international radio imaging competition held by Benztown, in which audio production professionals compete for the title of World’s Best Imager.

Entercom and Minor League Baseball's Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern League have announced that 98.1 The Lake (WLND-FM) will be the new flagship station for the team, beginning in 2019.

Beasley Media Group CEO Caroline Beasley reported pro-forma Q4 2018 revenue up nearly 10% for the company. Excluding political, revenue was still up 5.1%, which Beasley said "demonstrates strong core advertising growth." Revenue increased at 10 of Beasley's 13 clusters in the quarter.

ESPN Audio was recently part of the 2018 Share of the Ear from Edison Research – a nationally representative study of 2,033 Americans ages 13+ that measures their time spent listening. The findings were impressive.

WNCY (Y100), Appleton/Oshkosh - Green Bay, WI, managed the feat despite severe tower icing knocking the station off-air for more than an hour.

The CHR Prep Sheet from www.prodjamie.com will focus solely on content for Contemporary Hits radio stations. The new service has been through various trials and demos with radio professionals from all backgrounds.