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From baseball to football, basketball to motor sports, Hispanic consumers are “major league” fans, representing huge opportunity for sports teams, their merchandise, venues — and on-air sponsors. Still, many stations are unsure how to connect with, or fully tap into, the growing Hispanic sports market and its potential.

With nearly 38,200 commercials on radio stations across the country last week, GEICO was once again radio's top advertiser according to Media Monitors. Walgreens was number two (30,404), followed by JC Penney (29,350), Indeed.com (27,510), and The Home Depot (25,692).

Salem Media Group has been recognized as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the country. Salem was evaluated by the National Association for Business Resources, an independent research firm, which reviewed several key measures

The 20th annual Have-A-Heart Wishathon, hosted by Saga Communications’ Jonesboro Radio Group (KDXY, KEGI, KJBX) and Raycom Media’s KAIT-TV (ABC/NBC), raised $421,843. It was the largest total in the event’s 20-year history.

John DeBella has been on radio in Philadelphia for over 35 years. This past Friday, his former co-host Jennifer Neill, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him. She claims the harassment began when she was a traffic reporter in 2002 and continued when she became his sidekick in 2010. Thirty examples are given in the lawsuit.

(By Joel Raab) Frustrated brand managers are often heard saying, “I can't find anyone," or "The same candidates keep applying," or "As an industry, we have done this to ourselves." Here are eight ways to breathe new life into your search for on-air talent.

In the wake of the horrific school shooting in Parkland, and other similar recent events that have occurred throughout the country, Beasley Media Group has unveiled the Beasley Best Community of Caring "See Something, Say Something" company-wide public service initiative.

Family owned Kelly’s Kawasaki in Phoenix has been in business since 1980. Paul Duplantis is in charge of advertising for the business. His approach to marketing is to do everything possible to make the customer happy. Let's find out how radio helped Duplantis achieve his goals. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media)

On the heels of our advertiser success story with Kelly's Kawasaki, we thought this would also be a great opportunity to highlight the seller behind the sale. Jeff Salvano was born and raised in Montville, New Jersey. He started his radio career only five years ago and now he's lighting it up for Entercom in Phoenix.

(By Bob McCurdy) There’s been a lot written recently about “brand purpose.” The need for a brand or business to exist beyond just selling things and boosting a stock price. Can this philosophy of having a larger “purpose” apply to those of us selling radio? Absolutely.