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Our thanks to Rod Schwartz in Pullman, Washington for introducing us to Chris Clark, owner of Windermer Real Estate. Clark has been in real estate sales for 15 years and says he's been consistently using radio to build his business, and sell himself, and the fact the he does has everything to do with the relationship with Rod Schwartz. Here's our Monday morning advertiser success story with Chris Clark. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media).

Not many stations are left that can say they've carried the same format for 5 decades. Beasley's WMMR in Philadelphia will celebrate 50 years Sunday, April 29th. The station will begin celebrating its 50th birthday today. Here's how...

CBS Sunday Morning will be available to CBS News Radio listeners beginning April 22. Every Sunday, CBS Sunday Morning will be delivered to CBS News Radio affiliates for a 9:00 a.m. ET broadcast, though stations have the flexibility of offering it to their listeners throughout the day.

The National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation has announced the winners of the 2018 Celebration of Service to America Awards, recognizing outstanding community service by local broadcasters. Winners will be honored at the Celebration of Service to America dinner, held Tuesday, June 12 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC.

According to Tri- States Public Radio Riverfront Broadcasting's two southeast Iowa stations KOKX-AM and WCEZ-FM could go off the air soon. Carolyn Becker purchased the stations in 2016. She says the stations will go dark unless new owners are found.

Both WBZ's Toucher and Rich and WEEI's Kirk and Callahan claim they are number one in the men 25-54 demo. Boston.com's Chad Finn digs dip into the Nielsen dilemma in the city with two highly successful and entertaining sports morning shows, four very successful pro sports teams, and legions of fans to both.

(By Jon Quick) Whether it’s an advertiser remote or the content of the 12, 14, or 18 units an hour, there must be synergy between programming and sales to optimize the commercial parts of the station sound. If you’re a programmer who believes that there should still be a wall between programming and sales, think again.

ASCAP announced Thursday it had collected record-high revenues in 2017. Last year ASCAP collected $1.144 billion in revenue -- and for the first time ever ASCAP distributed $1 billion to songwriters, composers, and music publishers. Revenue was up 8 percent and distributions were up 10 percent over 2016.

The NAB says four members of the House and one Senator have added their support for the Local Radio Freedom Act, which is a resolution opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on radio stations. Here are the new names from DC. that are showing their love for radio.

Armen Williams is the Program Director for Sports Radio 104.3 The Fan in Denver. Williams started in radio as a promotions intern at KPLX in Dallas. And like so many people in the radio business, he caught the radio bug early. This year Williams has been voted one of Radio Ink's Best Programmers.