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Between October 13 and November 9, WBBM Newsradio engaged in a "Made In Chicago" small business challenge. A small coffee roaster with a pop-up shop at a Lincoln Park indoor pickleball court took the grand prize, which includes a February ad campaign.

Radio Ink asked the industry's Top Digital Sales Professionals how they’re turning Big Tech’s missteps into opportunities and building ad campaigns that bring back the local connection, accountability, and guidance small businesses won’t find in Silicon Valley.

The Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio (MIW) group is planning a leadership webinar focused on practical management skills for professionals across today’s audio industry.

(Charese Frugé) Carly Portch’s radio journey didn’t begin behind a microphone; it started at the front desk. In 2010, Portch entered the industry as a station receptionist. She knew early on that simply being in the building mattered.

It's official: One of the most popular conservative spoken word voices in the U.S. appears to be heading back to radio stations across the nation. Dan Bongino has confirmed that he is leaving the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and according to President Trump it is because he misses Radio.

In prepared testimony distributed ahead of his appearance Wednesday at a Senate Commerce Committee FCC Oversight Hearing, its first since 2022, Brendan Carr applauded Committee Chairman Ted Cruz and Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey for their leadership on the "AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act."

It's the end of the comment period for the long-delayed 2022 Quadrennial Review of the FCC's rules, and that's led the NAB to reiterate its calls for the Carr Commission to modernize outdated local radio ownership rules.

It's billing itself as the first radio station programmed entirely by local streaming activity. Introducing "Streamz 100.5," powered by an HD2 facility serving Montgomery, Ala., basing its playlist on listener streaming data. The result? A specific sound shaped directly by community listening behavior.

Salem Media's Salem Media Network has officially moved forward with the next era of midday conservative spoken word programming following the assassination of Charlie Kirk by handing the Noon-3pm Eastern time slot to "two prominent voices" in right-wing U.S. politics.

Good news for radio sales leaders: nearly eight in ten sellers say they trust their manager, and that trust is leading to increasing retention, per a new study. Younger sellers, however, are signaling a different set of expectations that extends beyond commission alone.