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COO Weezie Kramer said the promotions were a strategic move to position the company for long-term success. The senior management promotions are in digital, programming, events, sales, ad sales marketing, legal, and traffic. Here are the nine people who now have new titles and more responsibilities...

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation handed out the 43rd Annual Gracie Awards in L.A. this week. Pictured here are Heather Cohen, EVP, The Weiss Agency; Christine Travaglini, President, Katz Radio Group; and Becky Brooks, Executive Director, Alliance for Women in Media. Check out more photos sent in to Radio Ink from our radio friends at the Radio Ink Facebook page..

Beasley Media’s Fayetteville employees recently spent time away from the office to volunteer during a Beasley Best Day of Caring event in conjunction with the Fayetteville Area Habitat for Humanity’s B Street Revitalization Project.

Sports Radio 99.9 The Fan and partnering station 620 The Ticket will broadcast live play-by-play for all games that include NC State, Duke, and UNC in this year’s ACC Baseball Championship, beginning Thursday (May 24) through Sunday from the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, NC.

On June 16, Radio Ink will release the 2018 Most Influential Women in Radio list. We've been publishing the MIW list for over 20 years now. Over the next several weeks we'll be previewing that issue with extended interviews with many of the broadcasters who've made the list. And, of course, Broadcast Education Association Executive Director Heather Birks is on our list. 

Bruce Mittman and Jim Leven are partners in Community Broadcasters. They met in 1986, when Mittman was visiting a station where Leven was working as the manager. Mittman eventually purchased that station in 1986 and the two have been friends ever since. Their radio careers wound around and back together again.

(By Radio Ink Chairman Eric Rhoads) A couple of decades ago I wrote a story about what the radio industry would look like in 20 or 30 years. We were beginning the process of local marketing agreements, which soon led to companies consolidating and buying up everything in sight.

(By Lisa Thal) Taking time off can not only help you, it can also help your team. Here are three reasons to encourage yourself and your employees to take full advantage of earned time and make it a priority to check “Vacation” off your to-do list.

Nielsen says radio listeners love baseball. Nielsen’s PPM ratings for April confirm a seasonal increase in listening to sports radio stations when the major league season gets underway.

Lotus Communications is one of the few radio broadcasting companies that owns radio stations with Spanish-language and English-language programming. How is the company capitalizing on this? And, is there one thing that's particularly important when inking that contract with a client? Company President Jim Kalmenson shares all in this latest Hispanic Radio Podcast.