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Beasley Media is flipping formats on a translator in Las Vegas at 101.5. The station will now carry a Talk format (The New 101.5FM/720AM The Talk of Las Vegas), replacing AC (Lite 101.5 FM). The translator will be a simulcast of KDWN-AM. Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Mark Levin are heard on the station along with Oakland Raiders games.

The NAB Education Foundation, in partnership with the Broadcast Education Association, will host a career fair, September 27, Noon-3 p.m. at the 2018 Radio Show. The Radio Show will be held September 25-28 at the Hilton Bonnet Creek and the Waldorf-Astoria Orlando.

How listeners use podcasts is different than broadcasts. So how do on-air skills translate to podcasts? With podcasting getting bigger, radio is dissecting the phenomenon and asking questions like this. To that end, Conclave 43 presents “Finding Your Place in the Podcasting Space.”

(By Peter Radd) Like you, I’ve been following the fascinating discussion regarding what Radio Ink calls the “love-hate” relationship between stations and ad agencies.  Also like you, I’ve seen that relationship strained, particularly over the last 15 years.  Unlike you, I’ve never been employed by either a station or an agency,

(By Gary Berkowitz) I recently attended a webinar that featured New York real estate magnate and Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran. She said, "Sales is the bloodline of every business.” It is with that in mind that I share some solid strategies with my fellow programmers about your relationship with sales.

(By Paul Weyland) For many of us in sales, getting the client to sign a legally binding document with your company can be a challenge, or even a nightmare. Signed long-term contracts are the key to becoming a super-biller in media. Verbal OKs are easy. Written agreements can be trickier. But if that’s what management wants, then that’s what you must deliver.

With all of the changes seen in the U.S. Hispanic market over the last two decades, there's one remarkable constant that's been seen: the top Spanish-language radio format today is the same format that dominated the ratings in 1998. How is this the case?

ABC Radio has well and truly geared up for the July 4th holiday weekend with four three-hour specials to affiliates: Red White and True-Blue Country Fan Salute, Red, White & Rock 2018, America’s Pastimes, and The Great American Car Show. Each program is hosted by a leading correspondent or music star.

The WMGK-FM host raised over $143,000 with his 13th Annual John DeBella Veterans Radiothon which supports local vets via the Veterans Multi-Service Center (VMC). The event took place on Friday, June 15 at the National Constitution Center. The station has raised over one million dollars to support vets in need.

Radio listeners have once again shown that they have big hearts. The 93.3 WMMR-FM (Philadelphia) Preston & Steve Show’s 13th Annual “I Bleed For Preston & Steve Blood Drive” produced 1,128 units of blood (including 147 Power Red donations) to benefit the American Red Cross Penn-Jersey Blood Services Region.