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Radio earnings season is underway and Entercom reported its Q1 revenue Monday morning and got radio off to an incredible start. Entercom CEO David Field said Entercom started the year off on a great note, delivering an outstanding first quarter. Same-station revenue was up 6% for the quarter. Q2 is pacing up 4% on a same-station basis.

The NAB is now accepting nominations for the 2016 NAB Marconi Radio Awards. Your deadline to nominate is May 31. Finalists will be announced in July.

The 9th Annual "Rising Through the Ranks" course dedicated to the support and advancement of women in radio sales management is open for submissions. The RAB, BMI, and the Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group will present the ninth annual “Rising Through the Ranks” Seminar August 24-25 at BMI’s Nashville office. BMI is again offering 20 scholarships for the program.

Radio's biggest ad category is expected to report strong numbers for April, according to both J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. U.S. total light vehicle sales are expected to rise 4.9 percent to 1.523 million vehicles, for an annualized rate of 17.6 million vehicles.

(By Roy Williams) Facts are stacked like bricks to become a tower. Do you see it? But a story is a wave that takes you on a journey and leaves the memory of the tower far behind. Facts are solid. Stories are seductive.

(By Paul Weyland) Broadcast stations bring me into their markets to visit with their local direct clients. Recently I was working with a European broadcasting company. They had arranged back-to-back meetings with me and potential local direct clients. Most of those meetings turned out great. That's right, "most."

(Loyd Ford) Video is not going away. You’ve seen this with Facebook Live, but you should be picking up on this just by looking at the difference in those things you share that are text, photo, and video. We thought we would share a few ways to encourage planning to make your rock star videos come alive in 2016.

Knapp posts on his Facebook page that the company cut him loose to save money. "For the past 5 years I have consistently had the highest ratings on the station, so I was told repeatedly it was not about my performance."

(Ronald Robinson) “Sales” constitutes the first, and sometimes the only, priority. Based on the overwhelming evidence of what radio has been producing in the areas of on-air presentations and commercial content, I am satisfied most radio-folk have little perspective on these extraordinary matters of consequence. “More sales” is the salvation. End of chat.