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Here's a learning lesson from an LPFM in the Midwest, as RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson discusses the launch of a Spanish-language radio operation once the stuff of dreams, led by Venezuelan immigrant and journalist Linda Parra, in this latest Hispanic Radio Podcast from Radio Ink and the Radio + Television Business Report.

On Tuesday, InTown Media announced the termination of its management agreement with KGY/KAYO in Olympia, WA. The agreement will come to an end on May 1. Nick Kerry, fourth-generation owner of the stations, will assume the General Management of the stations on May 2. Kerry has been Business Manager for the past five years.

Local Radio Networks has launched a new 24/7 format called Superstar Country. The format will feature country artists from the 80s through today, including George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, and Keith Urban. 

Thirty employees from Beasley Media Group’s Fort Myers, FL, cluster and corporate staff recently volunteered at the Habitat for Humanity’s home sites in Collier County. The effort was part of the company’s Community of Caring initiative. 

The annual The RTDNA/Hofstra University Survey on news staffing was released Monday and the results were basically flat. The survey showed the typical radio news operation had a full-time news staff of one, a number that has remained the same for decades.

Those are two very successful Rock and Roll bands who, perhaps, may not have become so successful if not for radio. Both Jon Bon Jovi and members of The Moody Blues thanked radio as they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this past weekend.

Syndicated radio star Sean Hannity appears to be caught up in the Michael Cohen controversy. Cohen is President Trump's personal attorney. His office and home were raided by the FBI recently and client documents seized. It appears one of those clients may have been Hannity. Hannity explained the situation on his radio show Monday.

(By Gary Berkowitz) As an industry, we have not done a good job in letting our listeners know that these apps are available. We have not communicated that "if you've got a phone, you've got a radio."

According to Media Monitors, the rental services chain Aaron's aired 24,402 commercials on radio stations across the country last week. That was good enough for a fifth-place showing on the chart. Here were your top five advertisers for the week...

Sellers...We want to put YOU in Radio Ink magazine. And the best pictures to publish are of you and happy clients. Send [email protected] a photo while you're out on a sales call. Pictured here are Cindy Lax (l) from WKDZ in Cadiz, KY, and the owner of Hancock's Neighborhood Market, Mallory Lawrence, a very happy radio customer.