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This past Saturday, colleagues and close friends gathered for a “Celebration of Life” for Lisa McKay Blake. It was an informal gathering and a toast. McKay passed away earlier this month after a short battle with cancer. Her close friends submitted this piece to Radio Ink about the event this past weekend.

The NAB will honor the Washington, DC all-news station with the NAB Crystal Heritage Award. The Heritage Award recognizes radio stations that have won five Crystal Radio Awards for exceptional year-round community service efforts. Only six other stations have received a Heritage Crystal in the 31 years of the Crystal Radio Awards.

The economy in New York City is sizzling hot and that's good news for radio advertising in that market. Companies and industries doing well always spend more on advertising. The New York Market Radio Association released its Q4 2017 market report on Monday. Here are all the details...

Airing 39,213 commercials on radio stations all across America, GEICO was radio's number one advertiser last week, according to Media Monitors. Flipping places with GEICO was The Home Depot which was second with 39,127 spots. Let's take a look at who else made the top five...

On Tuesday, Feb. 6, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will welcome CRS 2018 attendees to “Party like an Outlaw,” a private cocktail reception with complimentary access to the museum.

Last week the National Association of Broadcasters was against the Music Modernization Act. As of Friday, radio's lobbying organization was onboard after some behind-the-scenes negotiations with ASCAP and BMI.

Radio Ink is pleased to announce the finalists for the prestigious 2018 Medallas de Cortez, the only awards dedicated to recognizing the very best in Hispanic radio. The Medallas de Cortez awards are named in honor of Raoul Cortez, founder of the first Spanish-language radio station in the United States, KCOR/San Antonio, in 1946.

James Kauffman, recently arrested for plotting the death of his wife April (pictured), was found dead in his cell Friday. Hudson County authorities say he died of an apparent suicide. Police arrested Kauffman on murder and racketeering. They say he arranged for his wife to be murdered in 2012 so she wouldn't expose a drug ring he was involved in with a motorcycle gang.

(By Bob McCurdy) A good friend, Don Jacobs, who oversees Townsquare’s Sioux Falls cluster, recommended a book titled Obvious Adams, written about an ad man who continually gets promoted by acting on “the obvious.” Everything about it made me skeptical. Then I read it.

(By Andrew Curran) Have you seen the Post from Mark Zuckerberg? In recent years, stations have finally begun to establish their social media strategy and along comes this torpedo.