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It's a theme we're getting used to hearing from public radio companies. A banner political year (2016) is hard to match in an off-political year (2017). Net revenue for Urban One's radio division in Q4 of 2017 was off 7.5%, excluding political revenue was flat for the quarter.

Same-station net revenue for Saga Communications in Q4 of 2017 decreased 4.2% to $29.5 million and that was blamed on a $1 million decrease in political advertising. CEO Ed Christian said automotive and health care are way down for the company. Looking at Q1, January was down slightly, February was flat, and March is pacing up.

Westwood One did not release any specific details about the study other than to say it involved a major personal care brand that showed a $12 return for every $1 spent on advertising. Westwood says a Nielsen Catalina Solutions study concluded that a radio campaign lifted sales 8% for the personal care brand and heavy category users were activated.

An official objection was filed by the unsecured creditors in the Cumulus bankruptcy case regarding millions of dollars in bonuses the company wants to pay out to CEO Mary Berner, CFO John Abbot, General Counsel Richard Denning and Westwood One President Suzanne Grimes.

In the Todd Clem (Bubba The Love Sponge) ratings tampering case, which is scheduled to begin in Tampa in less than two weeks, an amended witness list has been submitted to the court by Clem.

Where will you be when the movement takes a new turn? Will you participate and be part of the conversation — or will you sit outside the tent and read about it the next day? Are you a doer or a procrastinator?

(By Spike Santee) Zig Ziglar likes to describe selling as a transfer of emotions. If we as professional sales people can get our prospects as excited about our product as we are, then we'll able to make a sale.

iHeartMedia makes the flip to ALT 96.1 in Spokane moving Kix Country up the dial to 99.3, which is a translator, and was UP99.3 airing a Christian format. The station will feature The Woody Show weekday mornings and broadcast commercial-free music from 10 a.m.–noon.

The insurance provider aired 44,125 commercials on radio stations across the country last week according to Media Monitors, making it radio's number one advertiser for yet another week. Check out the top five for the week...

To help AMs and FMs on their path to success, Radio Ink presents the latest in a series of short podcasts focused on Hispanic radio in advance of the 2018 Hispanic Radio Conference, March 13-14 in Miami. In our second installment, RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam Jacobson chats with Francisco Montero, co-Managing Partner of Fletcher Heald & Hildreth, on the importance of AM and FM radio during an emergency.