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(By Bob McCurdy) Radio brings a lot to the advertising table: unparalleled reach, powerful return-on-ad-spend, unique personalities, audio dominance, affordable presence, as well as onsite experiential and sampling opportunities, to name a few.

Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan gave the board three extensions, the third expired Friday, October 14, without another extension. Smulyan had offered Emmis shareholders $4.10 per share in his third attempt to take the company private. Here's what Smulyan's final letter, filed with the SEC stated...

Alpha Media is selling five Kansas stations to Rocking M Media. The five stations are in Salina, Abilene and Manhattan Kansas. The stations are; KSAL-AM 1150; KSAL-FM 104.9; KABI-AM 1560; KYEZ-FM 93.7 and KBLS-FM 102.5. No price was announced.

Dan Seeman is the Vice President and Market Manager for Hubbard Radio in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. He oversees KS95, myTalk 107.1, 1500 ESPN, and the 24-station Hubbard Radio Network. Seeman has led radio stations to four NAB Crystal Awards, multiple Marconi awards, a Service To America Award, and six AWRT Gracie Awards for community service. Here's why...

(A Message from Deborah Parenti, Publisher of Radio Ink) You’ve probably noticed that the U.S. economy, radio, media, and the world are in tremendous turmoil right now and that the future is uncertain. You’ve seen the headlines, and you recognize the broader implications.

In part two of our interview with retiring conservative talk show host Charlie Sykes we asked him a host of questions about the radio industry. Having been wildly successful at WTMJ in Milwaukee for over two decades, surely he has some advice for younger broadcasters looking to make a name for themselves. We also asked him which talk show hosts he respected the most, how he got into radio and what the industry needs to do better to build up the farm system. Here's what he had to say.

This could happen to any radio station, in any market, at any time. As a manager, are you prepared to deal with all the issues that come up if it does happen? Twenty-nine-year-old Thomas Hill, who was arrested for drunk driving, drove right into the studio of WNRI-AM in Woonsocket, Rhode Island early Wednesday morning, causing a whole lot of chaos.

In another move to shed assets and pay down debt, Emmis has signed an agreement to sell Texas Monthly to an affiliate of private equity firm Genesis Park, a partnership founded by Paul Hobby, for $25 million. Emmis has owned Texas Monthly since 1998.

Will someone knock WFAN's Mike Francesa off his perch as the reigning champ of sports talkers across the country? We'll find out in December when Radio Ink's 5th annual Top Local Sports Talkers in America list is revealed. Make your nomination for Radio Ink's 2016 Best Local Sports Talker in America list by clicking HERE. YOUR DEADLINE IS THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14.

We hear it all the time, 'radio plays too many commercials.' There's no denying that but radio is not alone. eMarketer reports that Millennials are turning to ad blockers to help combat that the abundance of ads they see shooting at them online. Two out of three millennials now use an ad blocker on a desktop or mobile device.