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(By Bob McCurdy) Last week I was working on a deck to present to a large home furnishing company that has built its business largely with TV. My contention will be that, as good as business might be, there is a way to make it even better.

According to an article in Bloomberg, critics say its because Apple doesn’t want to cannibalize its streaming service by giving iPhone owners access to free radio. When listening to audio through an app, and not the FM Chip, consumers have to pay for the data they use. If they were listening through an FM Chip already installed on the phone there would be no charge for data.

The pressure is now on Apple as at least one department of the government is publicly pushing the iPhone maker to activate FM chips that are already in those phones. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says turning on the FM chips needs to be done to promote public safety and he's asking Apple CEO Tim Cook to "do the right thing."

Kurt Luchs is the Market Manager for NRG Media in Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He's also been chosen as one of Radio Ink's Best Managers for 2017 and will be featured in the October 9 issue of Radio Ink Magazine. Luchs is responsible for four NRG FMs in his cluster and he leads about 30 NRG employees. During the nomination process, here's what one of those employees said about him, and it's what every manager hopes for. 

Entercom's Joe and David Field were honored this week at the 15th Annual Library of American Broadcasting Foundation’s Giants of Broadcasting & Electronic Arts Luncheon in New York City. David Field has been on Radio Ink's 40 Most Powerful list for the past 18 years. Joe Field was on the list from from 1998 to 2003

(By Georgia Beasley) Society tends to blame Millennials for just about everything going wrong nowadays. What I’ve found is that Millennials are creating the change needed in radio as a survival-of-the-fittest mechanism. It’s time we admit the obvious, there are certain habits and techniques that our industry has adopted that, quite frankly, need to be extinct.

Radio Ink Magazine turns 25 years old in 2017. We are marking that milestone with a special 25th Anniversary issue in November. We want you to be a part of our celebration. Search through your archives and send us your favorite radio station photos from the past 25 years. We would love to have them as part of this special issue in November. You can e-mail large scans of the photos to [email protected].

Do advertisers really have confidence in how they spend their money? Are they confident they're getting results or are they simply splattering dollars all over the place praying it works. A new study by Advertiser Perceptions presented at Advertising Week in New York City revealed that advertisers don’t entirely trust the data they’re betting their brands on.

(By Ansel Olson) Most radio reps have asked variations of the following: “Are you familiar with geo-fencing? Geo-farming?” We are tasked with finding robust, integrated opportunities that marry well with radio campaigns. Mobile geo-fencing and geo-farming have stepped into the spotlight recently. There are few things to remember when selling geo-fencing/geo-farming mobile solutions to your automotive clients.

As Florida continues to clean up following Hurricane Irma, Nielsen has told clients in Miami-Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach it will not release data for week four of September, which is when the storm hit.