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Those CMO's love their TV advertising according to a new Nielsen study of CMO's. More than 51% say Television is either highly or extremely important in their marketing plans. 30% ranked TV as “extremely important.” No other traditional media reached 10%. Only 9% of the CMO's in the study say radio is extremely important.

WAMT-AM and WHOO-AM in Orlando are being sold by Genesis Communications to Relevant Radio. Bruce Maduri's Genesis Communications also owns stations in Tampa, Clearwater, and Melbourne. Relevant Radio is a Wisconsin-based not-for-profit company headed by Rev. Francis Hoffman, and owns stations throughout the United States. Kalil & Company was the exclusive broker for the deal.

As we've learned recently, social media can turn out to be an ugly form of communication when people hit "send" before common sense kicks in. Roseanne Barr and Kevin Klein are two that come to mind quickly. At WGR in Buffalo a seemingly harmless tweet about the NFL draft resulted in another job loss.

The discussion is called "America's Broadcasters: Exposing the Truth and Serving Communities." Panelists will explore the ways in which investigative journalism serves the American public. The event will be held Wednesday, June 13, at the Capitol Visitors Center in DC. 

Media integration is an important topic for advertising and marketing executives seeking to build brand awareness and sales with multicultural consumers. What is the mindset of the client when preparing a Hispanic media buy? Is radio an important part of the media mix? This latest Hispanic Radio Podcast with Zubi Advertising's Isabella Sanchez provides the answers.

Conclave 43 will be held July 18–20  at Doubletree by Hilton, Park Place, Minneapolis. The second session on Thursday, June 19, is called “Talent: Your Show Is Not A Daypart; It’s An Enterprise That Should Always Be On.” Registration is now open.

WBET-FM 99.3 in Sturgis, MI, raised a whopping $104,330 for the United Way of St. Joseph County, during an 18-hour radio marathon that featured local officials and community business leaders as guest DJs.

Lisa Miller is the President of Miller Broadcast Management. Miller has influenced countless women and men in the broadcasting business since 1984. Before starting MBM Miller ran McCann Erickson in Chicago. As one of the first women agents in the business, Lisa set the bar for doing great business in an ethical and fair fashion. And, of course, Lisa Miller is one of Radio Ink‘s Most Influential Women in Radio.

The September 21 and 22 event in Las Vegas will feature performances by Justin Timberlake, Jack White, Carrie Underwood, Mariah Carey, Imagine Dragons, Jason Aldean, Sam Smith, Luke Bryan, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Panic! At The Disco, Kelly Clarkson, Shawn Mendes, Kygo, Rae Sremmurd, Logic and others.

Many of the 17 trophies were awarded to the old CBS Radio stations because, of course, they were well-known for their news stations. They are all now under the Entercom umbrella so when you combine the power of 1010 WINS and WCBS-AM in New York City with WBEN in Buffalo, the result is 17 Associated Press awards, including 8 first-place category wins.