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PromoSuite and SoCast are teaming up to help improve the speed and accuracy of website and app updates for contesting, contest rules, storm closing information, and event listings.

MediaPost reports that a new study is out that says more than a third of ad execs say their digital ad insertion orders do not run according to their plans, at least some of the time. The study included 300 advertiser and agency executives was conducted by Advertiser Perceptions.

Last week Radio Ink spoke to several managers that were hunkering down in North and South Carolina as Hurricane Florence took aim at the east coast. This morning we check back with Community Broadcasters South Carolina Regional Market Manager Wayne Mulling to see how his team performed.

(By Randy Lane) What’s the magic bullet for male-targeted radio shows and podcasts? Since we recently identified the one-two punch that propels ratings for female-targeted shows, several hosts have asked us that question. If you'd like to know too, read on.

(By Bob McCurdy) I was speaking with a salesperson last week who asked for some career advice. I strongly suggested that they identify ways to stand apart from the competition, stressing that making oneself identifiable is easy but that making them part of a daily routine is far more difficult.

In our continuing series of interviews with radio stations in the line of fire of Hurricane Florence, today we hear from Fayetteville Market Manager Erika Erika Beasley and Operations Manager Randy Bliss (pictured here) who say they are prepared for battle. "This is the time we as local broadcasters do what we do best, serve our local communities that we live and work in."

Reggie Dee works for Alpha Media in West Palm Beach. Today, he's very far from West Palm Beach. Right now Reggie is somewhere between Wichita Falls and Layton, Oklahoma. He's on his way to Seattle. You might think, so what, that's no big deal, a lot of people drive across the country. Reggie Dee is walking. He's walking for a cause and a promise. A promise he made to his mom.

The team at iHeartMedia sees the growth of podcasting and has decided it is real. The company announced on Thursday that it's buying Stuff Media, a huge publisher of podcast content, including the HowStuffWorks podcasting business as well as a slate of premium podcast content.

Newsday's Neil Best is reporting that an announcement could come as early as Monday that New York Mets broadcasts will shift from WOR-AM to WCBS-AM starting with the 2019 season. The Mets have been with iHeart's WOR for five seasons. Entercom's WFAN carries the New York Yankees.

The Milwaukee Bucks and WTMJ Radio have expanded their long-time partnership, with WTMJ continuing as the radio home of the team. Bucks games this upcoming season will air on 620 AM and 103.3 FM with Ted Davis and Dennis Krause calling the action.