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(By John Garziglia) A St. Louis radio personality, who calls himself the “Grim Reaper of Radio,” holds himself out on the KQQZ website as “The Kraziest Son of a Bitch you’ll ever hear on the radio….” Can the Grim Reaper’s Hot Talk radio content get the radio station’s license yanked?

It’s day three of our special feature with the best program directors in the country. We've been asking these great PDs about Spotify and Pandora and why some of radio's listeners are turning away from their stations and tuning into these pure play streamers. Here are a few more expert opinions....

Media ecologist Jack Myers is out with his new digital projections and he expects annual audio advertising spending to show steady gains over the next three years. Myers is forecasting digital ad-spend growth averaging 18% per year with the total surpassing $20 billion by 2020.

Streamline Publishing’s Radio + Television Business Report and Radio Ink are pleased to announce the launch of a weekly series of audio podcasts designed to educate and inform radio broadcasting companies on the continued strength of Hispanic-targeted AM and FM radio stations across the United States.

KGLO and KRIB in Mason City, IA, won a total of 10 awards in the Small Market Division of the 2017 Iowa Broadcast News Association contest. The awards were handed out at the group's annual convention in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, April 21.

Beasley Media Group Boston employees rolled up their sleeves to help the Greater Boston Food Bank during the company’s Day of Caring event on Wednesday, April 25. Team members packed over 8,974 pounds of food, which would feed a family of four for two years.

The sold-out Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage is embarking on its 19th cruise this week from Galveston, TX. Generally known as the original Party with a Purpose, the event specifically caters to the cruising needs of the African-American community through its mission and featured entertainment.

(By Ronald Robinson) Radio, and every other electronic medium — including television and all other digital devices — have one thing in common: they all bypass the portions of our brains that process informative and intellectual content.

It's pretty rare a radio station gets as much print press as WFAN in New York has been getting this week. WFAN has been must-listen-to radio these past few days. Mike Francesa's short retirement has certainly stirred the pot and generated excitement in New York City radio -- and everyone is taking sides.

Radio executives got a little help "telling their story" on Wednesday. America's most listened-to talk show host opened his show with a 30-minute rant about how strong radio is today, nearly 100 years after the medium was hatched.