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Colorado Public Radio is hosting 150,000 Bees. Through a partnership with Free Range Beehives, three hives have been installed on the roof of CPR Headquarters in Centennial, Colorado.

Days after releasing 2022's highest-earning stations, BIA Advisory Services has put out the ranking of radio's top radio owners by revenue for the year. The top four for 2021 maintained their positions in 2022. Only one ownership group fell off the list.

(By Charlie Sislen) The goal is to show advertisers where they can diversify their budgets for greater reach. In many cases, a radio cluster will have a better total reach than any local television station.

The NAB is hosting its annual State Leadership Conference on Tuesday, February 28 at Washington Nationals Park. Local radio and television broadcasters from across America will gather to discuss legislative and regulatory issues important to broadcasting.

WBAL-AM NewsRadio 1090 and 98 Rock have renewed their media partnership for the Baltimore Running Festival. The stations have been the exclusive radio partners of the festival since its inception 17 years ago.

The pharmacy chain jumped into the second spot (up from ninth) by airing just over 40,000 commercials on radio stations all across the country last week, according to Media Monitors.

(By Paige Nienaber) The Art of Concert Dominance is a lost language. With so many stations throwing in the towel on having a presence at concerts, it feels like they’ve pulled the goalie and a motivated station could shoot on the net with impunity.

Former Florida talk show host Dick Farrel passed away from COVID last week and he's getting bashed online because of his views against the vaccine. He was hospitalized with the virus three weeks ago. Farrel was 65.

Whether you're a small market AM operator or you run a Class A, your hope is that the FCC's plan to revitalize the band will improve the quality of the sound the band spits out to your listeners. Over the years, The AM band has become sensitive to every product we plug in the wall giving it added buzz, crackles and other assorted sounds that instantly turn off the listener now living in a digitally clear world.

After writing the station a letter, then starting a campaign on Twitter (see letter below), KCRW in California is giving Pee Wee Herman a shot to be a DJ.