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The 244 first-time exhibitors will join a wide variety of exhibiting veterans on the nearly one million net square feet of space that make up the NAB Show exhibit floor. NAB Show will be held April 7-12 (exhibits April 9-12) in Las Vegas.

iHeartMedia Albany’s Fox Sports 980, Albany’s Sports Radio, announced today the continuation of their broadcast agreement with the Boston Red Sox through the 2020 season. FOX Sports 980 has been the Capital Region’s official Red Sox affiliate since 2012.

(By Ronald Robinson) Nobody in our culture need travel too far or dig too deep to identify multiple circumstances where indoctrinations have kicked in and are maintaining their hold on the minds of so many in our populations. Those who make their living in radio have similarly been indoctrinated.

Local Sales Recruitment (LSR) is a year-long, hands-on sourcing and coaching vehicle, with a team of marketing and recruitment experts, customized to help companies create a stronger culture to improve talent acquisition and retention. Media Staffing Network developed the LSR Program in an effort to provide a lower-cost, on-demand, online option.

The NAB Education Foundation is accepting applications for two leadership development programs: Broadcast Leadership Training (BLT) and the Management Development Seminar (MDS). Fellowships are available.

That's according to a report from Standard Media Index released on Monday. Across all media, SMI says February was a great month for national which rose 8% (excluding the Olympics) with digital seeing the biggest gain at 18%. National TV grew 12% and Out-of-Home grew 9%. Print continued its decline, off a whopping 26% for the month.

The New York Post says Univision's board is considering several internal candidates once Falco (pictured) retires at the end of the year. Those candidates include CFO Peter Lori and Chief Revenue Officer Tonia O’Connor. The Post reports former Univision networks President Cesar Conde is also being considered. Conde is now an executive at Telemundo

The ratings firm announced it's launching a new set of reports for diary market subscribers called Diary Monthly Insights. The new reports, available to subscribers of PD Advantage and Arbitrends, will provide more details about diary listening behavior and trends.

According to Media Monitors, the national retailer aired 32,981 commercials on radio stations across the country last week. That was good for second place (up from 11th) and only behind GEICO which was first again (36,868). Who else made the top five?

(By Gabriel Barnes) Are Facebook’s recent updates the end for radio on social media? The short answer is no! However, the changes do require everyone to rethink their Facebook strategies — lest they suffer the repercussions.