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Individual tickets and tables are now available for the Country Radio Broadcasters 2021 Country Radio Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Awards ceremony. The event is set for October 13 at The Westin in Nashville.

The Independent Broadcasters Association has announced that ARC Software CEO Jason Bailey will be a keynote speaker at the IBA Members-Only In-Focus Conference, September 21, which is being held in conjunction with Radio Ink's Radio Masters Sales Summit.

“Townsquare is no longer the radio broadcast company it was when it was founded in 2010.” That reminder from CEO Bill Wilson was made clear by the company’s revelation that for the second year in a row, more than half of its revenue came from digital sources.

On the radio side, GEICO is constantly battling The Home Depot as the top weekly advertiser. On the podcasting side, GEICO is number one. Procter & Gamble has also taking a liking to this fresh new medium.

If you are considering attending the 8th annual Hispanic Radio Conference in Fort Lauderdale next March, Radio Ink has a special offer to make conference budgeting easier. Those who sign up now through October 31 can choose between two convenient payment options. Registrants can pay in full now or spread payments out in a six month installment plan.

Over the holiday's, WTN Nashville host Brian Wilson had a conversation with PD Dan Mandis about letting him take his Nashville Morning show on the road for the Georgia special election, then to travel to Washington for the Trump rally and the Electoral College certification story. They signed off on his request and he was in DC for what turned out to be quite a historic day. Here's what he had to say about Wednesday...

(By Mike McVay) A recent article in the Wall Street Journal focused on televisions new approach to use Over the Air (OTA) TV to train talent and expose shows in order to build a fan base, before moving them to pay-per-view streaming. The headline screamed “TV Networks Have a New Role; Farm Teams for Streaming Shows.”

The 80-year home of legacy station Talk Radio KGO-AM is no more. Cumulus has flipped the switch to sports betting.

Jacobs Media released some of its findings from a national audience survey of radio listeners on the Covid-19 pandemic. The mid-May study examined a variety of behaviors, including the activities with the most interest – as well as the highest perceived risk.

(By Mike McVay) There was a time when common thinking was that local programming will beat syndicated/network programming every day of the week. Then Howard Stern, Tom Joyner, Delilah, John Tesh, Bob & Tom, Nights with Elaina, The Breakfast Club and many more showed significant successes.