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Radio Ink's 2018 MIW Legend, and highly successful radio and Television broadcaster, Rita Cosby was nice enough to show off her profile in Radio Ink Magazine at the Gracies Awards Luncheon this week in New York City. Cosby, picture here with Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti, said "Thank you again so very much for this tremendous honor and fantastic story, seeing it brought me to tears."

(by Ron Schadt) Back when I was in 8th grade, which was about two months before rocks were formed, I sat in geography class, and as usual was paying no attention to where Egypt or Mesopotamia were located. Instead, I was drawing out a schematic of the class B modulator with a pair of 6L6’s that I wanted to build for my 40 meter CW rig. 

(By Ed Levine, Paul Stone, and George Reed) Much has been written in the radio trades over the last week regarding the NAB Radio Board vote in favor of recommending to the FCC an update of its radio ownership rules. We'd like to give you our take.

Earlier this week we reported that JAM Media Solutions, lead by Jonathan Mason, joined the ranks of radio ownership with the $3 million purchase of six radio stations in Outer Banks, North Carolina, and Muscatine, Iowa. The owner of the company is Pastor Jonathan Mason

The latest RTDNA/Hofstra University Annual Survey finds the percentage of people of color in local radio news slipping to 11.3%, down 0.4 from a year ago. The random sample of 3,542 radio stations, with 415 valid responses, from news directors and GMs, also showed that the percentage of radio general managers of color rose 1.7% from a year ago. Here are the details.

The 43rd Annual Gracie Awards Luncheon was held at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City, Wednesday. The luncheon honors the accomplishments of local and student women in media and entertainment. You're looking at the Radio Ink table, featuring....

Can Spanish-language radio serve as a powerful platform for the expansion of a very regional brand that seeks wider growth opportunities? In this Hispanic Radio Podcast, advertising agency head Alex López Negrete — whose resume includes Spanish-language play-by-play for an NBA franchise — shares his thoughts on why radio works for advertisers.

The Westar Music commercial library offers over 17,000 music tracks and more than 258,000 sound-effects, all royalty-free and sourced from the broadcast industry standard. With the acquisition of American Music Company, Westar’s library just got even bigger, adding thousands of tracks of high-quality music.

(by Jeff Warshaw) Let’s not just dream about the “good old days," when AM stations were king and listeners had fewer choices. The industry needs to be free to grow within every market so that we can more fairly compete in a modern world. Let me explain...

(By Deborah Parenti) Over the past several months, broadcasters have debated and discussed, some on our pages, what form a proposal to the FCC regarding license caps should take and the suggested relief for broadcasters it should strive to provide. The result of some of their discussions is a proposal that the NAB has sent to the FCC for consideration. Some believe this proposal could open a window of fresh, added opportunity and relief from radio owners.