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Westwood One's Pierre Bouvard is out with another blog touting the power of radio. This time Bouvard says that, with television audiences declining and rampant fraud in the digital space, consumer packaged goods brands are rediscovering radio as a way to reach new customers.

The 28th Annual Radio Mercury Awards are now officially accepting entries. For 2019, two new prizes have been added that reflect the current advertising environment for radio and related audio platforms.

(By Ronald Robinson) Recently, another audience measuring system has been introduced, and with some fanfare. Well, let the bells ring out, let the trumpets blare, let the banners fly. The system does one thing: It measures radio listening only in late-model vehicles.

Cumulus’ seven-station Dallas cluster raised a total of $1,304,861 for Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex charities during the 2018 calendar year.

iHeartMedia has filed a document with the bankruptcy court requesting an extension, "within which the debtors may remove actions." The company is requesting they be given until at least June 7 to resolve time-sensitive matters critical to their restructuring. iHeart has received approval for several similar extension requests.

On Monday, Hubbard Radio Minneapolis-St. Paul announced it would be unveiling a new sports product called SKOR North, a digital-first sports content brand that will be broadcast on 1500 AM.

What if you could learn how to improve your local direct sales techniques, and as a result, score bigger sales the rest of the year and beyond? Would that help make your station budget — and increase your bank account as well?

After yielding the top spot on Media Monitors list of leading national radio advertisers to GEICO for the past four weeks, The Home Depot is back in a familiar place. The big-box home improvement chain ran 55,786 spots across the country last week.

It’s something new for the NAB Show: a Product of the Year awards program for 2019 NAB Show exhibitors. The awards will recognize the most significant and promising new products and technologies on the Show floor.

Imaging company Benztown has signed a multi-year extension with Cumulus and Westwood One. Under the new deal, Benztown will provide imaging, production, voiceover, programming, and jingles to Westwood and to Cumulus stations. The companies have been working together since 2011.