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Our thanks to Halley Phillips from Big River Broadcasting in Florence, AL for this weeks success story. Big River teamed with Second Street for a killer Fathers Day Promotion. The name of the promotion was "Oakley Napa Lawn & Garden present "Deck Out Your Dad." Our weekly success stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media.

The ten-day Kellar Radio Talent Institute kicks off today at Appalachian State University. Twenty-five students from four universities have been accepted into the Institute. There are no breakout sessions; every student will be in every session, including the RAB Radio Marketing Professional Certification course.

Chicago Talk radio station, WLS-AM 890, has partnered with the Chicago Automobile Trade Association to create a show all about the city’s storied car culture. DriveChicago, will air on WLS-AM 890 and at wlsam.com on Saturday mornings, 8-9 a.m. 

Lisa Dollinger is the CEO of Dollinger Strategic Communication, based out of San Antonio, Texas. Dollinger is very well known to the radio industry, having helped clients grow their business and brands for over 20 years now. She was the first employee (VP of Communications) for Capstar Broadcasting working with CEO Steve Hicks.

(By Radio Ink Chairman Eric Rhoads) Among the many news stories that caught my attention in recent days is a report involving the nation’s No. 1 owner of radio stations, and a rising player in the digital news and information space.

Robert Christy, who worked in radio for 44 years, took notice of our Nielsen/CMO story Thursday and gave us some interesting feedback. His wife Jan (pictured here with Robert) owns a small (38-client) agency in California. Unfortunately, her perception of our industry is not the best, and hopefully this is an isolated incident. Every once in awhile we find out our baby is ugly and it's not always daffodils and roses.

(By Ronald Robinson) Seems like radio continues to operate under a severely limiting set of circumstances. That these circumstances have all been self-generated, self-imposed, and are also self-perpetuated is, apparently, lost on the participants.

The Fourth Annual Speed Mentoring Brunch will be held on Friday, July 20 as part of the 43rd annual Conclave Learning Conference. Attendees will have direct one-to-one access to some of radio’s top professionals, who will share their insights for building and sustaining a successful radio career.

(By Shawn and Tom Marhefka) As a local radio broadcaster, the Ozark Radio Network has long supported the activation of FM chips in smartphones. But it wasn’t until a devastating flood hit our rural Missouri town and the surrounding area last year that we experienced firsthand the real importance of getting the FM chip activated.

Getting a solid grip on whether their ad dollars are working was one of the takeaways from the new Nielsen survey of CMOs. And, traditionally, that's been one of radio's biggest challenges, especially in the age of digital, where advertisers see data instantly. Only 23% of marketers in the Nielsen survey were highly confident in measuring traditional media ROI.