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The 30th anniversary Radio Wayne Awards will be celebrated during the Radio Masters Sales Summit this fall. Radio’s symbol of excellence and achievement in sales, marketing, and management will be presented live in Miami September 22-23 in Miami.

The second annual BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting scholarship competition closes February 1, 2017, 11:59 p.m. EST. The awards are open to broadcasting students nationwide, with applicants evaluated based on their essay response, letter of recommendation, and academic record. Applicants must also be current students at accredited U.S. colleges or universities, between the ages of 17 and 24 at the time of entry...

This time it was Townsquare's turn to report that, with every passing quarter, radio has its sights set on returning to the days of old - 2019. In Q4 Townsquare's revenue decline of 3% was significantly better than the 35% decline in Q2 and 15% decline in Q3.

(By Bob McCurdy) Educating clients on the media and audio landscape as it exists -- not as it's perceived to exist -- is one of our most important responsibilities. If our clients don’t know what we know, they won’t believe what we believe and invest the way we suggest.

(By Pat Bryson) Previously we have spoken about "customer service" versus "customer experience." To sell radio, we need to be outstanding at both, but today, let’s start with “customer service.” It’s the least we can do to keep clients happy.

Our week-long series on the love-hate relationship between radio and advertising agencies has stirred up quite a discussion. We're hopeful it's been fair and balanced and that each side is learning about the other. On Thursday, we reached out to Ashley Chase from Independent Brands, an agency in Oklahoma. Ashley's been following the discussion and agreed to an interview.

The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters will host the 46th Annual Fall Broadcast Conference in Washington, D.C. in October. The conference will be part of the 2022 By Black Conference presented by the U.S. Black Chambers and will include the Power of Urban Radio Forum.

Wisconsin will be home to a new liberal-leaning radio station starting today. Devil’s Advocate Radio is buying WRRD-AM (1510) from Craig Karmazin's Good Karma Broadcasting. Devil's Advocate Radio is owned by college roommates Dominic Salvia and Michael Crute, who also host a show which will be part of the new lineup.

The 11AM Eastern webinar will focus on Borrell's newly issued local advertising forecast. The data discussed will include: total local advertising for 2021, which new medium will pass paid search and which markets will see the largest increase in dollars. REGISTER

KEDM-FM in Northeast Louisiana is giving the gift of reading this holiday season. The University of Louisiana Monroe Public Radio station is providing books through its Give the Joy of Learning year-end fundraiding campaign.