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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."

According to Media Monitors, the rental services chain Aaron's aired 24,402 commercials on radio stations across the country last week. That was good enough for a fifth-place showing on the chart. Here were your top five advertisers for the week...

Sellers...We want to put YOU in Radio Ink magazine. And the best pictures to publish are of you and happy clients. Send [email protected] a photo while you're out on a sales call. Pictured here are Cindy Lax (l) from WKDZ in Cadiz, KY, and the owner of Hancock's Neighborhood Market, Mallory Lawrence, a very happy radio customer.

Alexander Brittin and Philip Brittin, from Boulder, were caught operating an illegal radio station from their home at 95.5. Both men were sent a notice, told they needed to shut down their operation, and get in touch with the Commission within 10 days.

Seattle public radio station KEXP has received its largest-ever philanthropic gift. It was of a bequest of just under $10 million. It's believed to be one of the largest bequests to a single public radio station in history. The donor requested to remain anonymous and the station has identified her only by her first name, Suzanne.

CBS News Radio was a big winner at the 84th National Headliner Awards presented by the Press Club of Atlantic City. The National Headliner Awards program is one of the oldest and largest annual contests recognizing outstanding journalism in newspapers, photography, radio, television, and online.

On May 1, APM Reports will release Season Two of In the Dark, the Peabody Award-winning investigative podcast. This season digs into the case of a black man in a small Mississippi town who has been tried for the same crime six times and is currently on death row.

We've been flooded with comments from around the industry since we first announced the death of Art Bell this past weekend. Bell died at his home in Las Vegas on Friday, April 13. Here are the details along with comments from George Noory, Kraig Kitchin and others...