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The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has announced the winners of the 43rd annual Gracie Awards, which will take place Tuesday, May 22 in Beverly Hills. The Gracie Awards Luncheon will be Tuesday, June 27 at Cipriani in New York with local and student winners being acknowledged.

The Southern California Broadcasters Association has published a series of essays on digital advertising. The series was created to help sellers understand the digital space and how to position their stations and digital platforms as enhancements to client’s digital strategies.

Here's a learning lesson from an LPFM in the Midwest, as RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson discusses the launch of a Spanish-language radio operation once the stuff of dreams, led by Venezuelan immigrant and journalist Linda Parra, in this latest Hispanic Radio Podcast from Radio Ink and the Radio + Television Business Report.

On Tuesday, InTown Media announced the termination of its management agreement with KGY/KAYO in Olympia, WA. The agreement will come to an end on May 1. Nick Kerry, fourth-generation owner of the stations, will assume the General Management of the stations on May 2. Kerry has been Business Manager for the past five years.

Local Radio Networks has launched a new 24/7 format called Superstar Country. The format will feature country artists from the 80s through today, including George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, and Keith Urban. 

Thirty employees from Beasley Media Group’s Fort Myers, FL, cluster and corporate staff recently volunteered at the Habitat for Humanity’s home sites in Collier County. The effort was part of the company’s Community of Caring initiative. 

The annual The RTDNA/Hofstra University Survey on news staffing was released Monday and the results were basically flat. The survey showed the typical radio news operation had a full-time news staff of one, a number that has remained the same for decades.

Those are two very successful Rock and Roll bands who, perhaps, may not have become so successful if not for radio. Both Jon Bon Jovi and members of The Moody Blues thanked radio as they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this past weekend.

Syndicated radio star Sean Hannity appears to be caught up in the Michael Cohen controversy. Cohen is President Trump's personal attorney. His office and home were raided by the FBI recently and client documents seized. It appears one of those clients may have been Hannity. Hannity explained the situation on his radio show Monday.

(By Gary Berkowitz) As an industry, we have not done a good job in letting our listeners know that these apps are available. We have not communicated that "if you've got a phone, you've got a radio."