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You might think he is if you saw THIS COVER of the latest New York Times Magazine. The photo they chose for a cover story interview on Hannity makes him look pretty angry, even though the lengthy article about one of radio's most successful talkers was detailed, fair, and balanced.

(Barry Cohen) Barry Cohen isn't shy about making predictions -- and he's been right on the money in the past. Which makes his 10 predictions about the sales world well worth reading. Let's see what he has to say about the future of radio sales.

(By Matt Miller) The talent of the future are no longer simply associated with a brand, they are the brand. The radio talent of the future will be a social media and digital force. The talent will be horizontally integrated in the digital space, able to be consumed in visual, written, and audio form to be everywhere with and for the audience, live or on demand.

(By Gary Krantz) Jeff Warshaw, CEO of Connoisseur Media, is pushing boundaries, combining streaming with terrestrial radio in a new New York digital station targeted to millennials. It’s called Satori. Here’s how his vision came about.

That's according to Newsday. Even though the station is now owned by Entercom, and longtime co-host Craig Carton resigned after being arrested, President of CBS Sports David Berson said the simulcast on the CBS Sports Network will continue as is. "It’s safe to say it’s going to continue without interruption.” Boomer & Carton started simulcasting in January 2014.

The Steve Harvey Morning Show Annual Turkey Give saw a fantastic 8,000 turkeys donated by the top-rated syndicated morning show, to help those less fortunate celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.

Coast to Coast AM’s charity album Holiday Magic Coast Style has been re-released for the holidays. Benefitting various veterans hospitals across the U.S., the CD features traditional holiday songs and poems performed by fan-favorite guests of the nationally syndicated radio program.

(By Gary Berkowitz) Call him intrepid but Gary Berkowitz is willing to go out on a limb for us and predict what the world of radio programming will be like a quarter century from now. Here are his 10 predictions...

(By Stephanie Winans) Radio managers and talent alike were skeptical of many of the biggest digital innovations when they first disrupted the industry and its operations. But today? These innovations build our brands, drive deeper connections with our listeners, and provide new platforms for monetization.

As part of Radio Ink’s 25th-anniversary issue, we took a look back at who made the biggest impact in our industry over the last quarter century. We held an online poll asking our readers. We reached out to industry executives, station owners, managers, and leaders who left the business after long and successful careers. Then we went back through 25 years of cover story interviews in Radio Ink magazine and compared that with all the input we received to come up with this list.