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Radio One CEO Alfred Liggins was at the podium at Forecast 2017 Wednesday when his mother, Radio One Founder Cathy Hughes, accepted her Lifetime Achievement Award from Radio Ink. Humble as always, Hughes thanked everyone in the audience for their help when she first started out in the radio business. Pictured with Ms. Hughes here are Liggins, Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti, Radio Ink Chairman Eric Rhoads, and Dan Mason.

In his Forecast 2017 keynote address Wednesday, Borrell Associates CEO Gordon Borrell gave the radio industry five issues they should look out for in the year ahead. Here's what they are...

That's what The Tennessean is reporting. The paper says it’s all part of the company's upcoming spin-off from CBS Corporate and the jobs would be mostly back-office functions. The paper reports CBS Radio would invest $5 million in two possible downtown locations being considered.

The exclusive data partner of the Broadcaster Traffic Consortium, HERE, which produces mapping and location technology, announced that its HD+ Traffic service will be available in select 2017 Hyundai cars sold in the U.S. and Canada. HERE HD+ Traffic is a distribution mechanism that offers drivers real-time traffic information by combining broadcast and connected vehicle technology.

WAMU's (American University Radio) new show 1A is all about changing America. The live two-hour daily national program will be hosted by Joshua Johnson (pictured), "leading a daily conversation about the most important issues of our time."

WRUL-FM and WROY-AM/Carmi, IL, as well as W119AU-FM/Fairfield, go from Withers Broadcasting to The Original Company for $390,000 cash at closing. Original, which has 15 other stations in Southwestern Indiana and Southeastern Illinois, is headed up by President Mark Lange. Patrick Communications represented seller Withers Broadcasting in the deal. 

Wednesday’s the day that Sunny 106.3 WJPT-FM, switched its format to all holiday-themed music. Market Manager, Brad Beasley said, “Sunny 106.3’s holiday music line-up has become a Southwest Florida tradition. For more than a decade, it’s been our way of wishing our community a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."

Congratulations to our friends at Sun Broadcast Group. The company is celebrating its 8th birthday today. Sun Broadcast Group CEO, Jason Bailey, said, “Eight years later so much is different. What hasn’t changed, however, is Sun’s commitment to this great industry and our unwavering goal to be a better kind of radio company while having fun along the way. I couldn’t be more proud of the entire Sun team! Now…off to the Situation Room to celebrate!”

Syndicated talker Sean Hannity told a packed house at Forecast 2017 Wednesday morning that if the election was about the "forgotten man," radio is dealing with the "forgotten listener," thanks to all the deep cuts it has made over the past several years. His advice: get back to local. And that means more advertising that you are there, more contesting, more research, more promotions, and more creativity. He said, "We have sliced and diced and cut budgets from these radio stations more than we can."

It’s a chance to mix some business mingle with your holiday jingle when the New York Market Radio Association (NYMRA) celebrates 33 years of holiday cheer with its 2016 Holiday Party, Friday, December 2, 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. at Rock & Reilly’s Rooftop Lounge in the Renaissance Hotel, 218 West 35th Street.