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(By Lisa Thal) Most people buy on emotion and back it up with logic, and our clients are no different. The most successful team members are those who give their clients the emotional benefits of doing business with them and their company.

(By Gary Krantz) Tom Elliott is the founder of Grabien, a service that’s streamlining news production. He has a journalism background, but moved into radio as an executive producer for its bigger platform. We had a conversation about the inspiration behind the service, and staying on top of fast-evolving media platforms. 

March 19 is the new deadline, and it will be the final deadline for entries. Eligibility is also extended, to work that ran between January 1, 2017 and March 19, 2018.

Earlier this week, the 4A’s today issued a Fair Play Charter to its members, asking media agencies, and media departments within agencies, to recommit to fair and equitable treatment of minority media owners.

(By Ronald Robinson) My last two articles dealt with the sub-par and benign admonitions from a dozen otherwise experienced and well-intentioned radio professionals. To their credit, however, they agreed on the need for more – lots more – skilled talent to be brought back to the airwaves, or generated from scratch.

The New 104.9 The Wolf (WXCL/Peoria) raised $70,124 with John & Jaymie’s Radiothon for St. Jude Kids. The Wolf staff broadcasted from the Alpha Media building February 1-2 for 12 hours each day.

That's according to a new report released by the Radio Advertising Bureau and Borrell & Associates. The $700 Million figure is 13.4% higher than 2016. Radio's overall revenue has been hovering at about $17 Billion per year. The report shows that digital ad revenue now accounts for 7.5% of the average station’s ad revenues, up from 6.3% last year.

A new streaming study was released at the Country Radio Seminar, Wednesday. And, there was a lot of good news for radio. The survey involved a wide group of audio listeners in the United States (ages 18-54) and focused on those who listen to country music at least once per month and those that use either a free or paid streaming service.

That's according to Amplifi Media CEO Steve Goldstein who was part of a panel at the Country Radio Seminar, Wednesday. Goldstein would like to see radio produce more original content in the podcasting space, which has already grown to a $250 million business. Here's why Goldstein says radio has an advantage.

A request by two anti-consolidation entities for an emergency stay of the FCC’s media ownership order, which effectively ends the ban on cross-ownership rules such as broadcast/newspaper combinations and radio/TV combinations in the same market, has been denied.