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The National Association of Broadcasters is now accepting nominations for the 2018 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, and will do so until May 31. The awards recognize overall excellence and performance in radio.

Entercom has launched sports content on KGMZ-AM in San Francisco. The station will simulcast content from sister station 95.7-FM 'THE GAME'. The station had been under an LMA, programming Radio Zindagi, an entertainment and information format targeting the 280,000 South Asians in the Bay Area.

iHeartMedia Chicago's BIG 95.5 presented Jason Aldean, Back to the Bar with three-time and reigning ACM “Entertainer of the Year" Jason Aldean, at Joe's on Weed St. on Sunday, April 29. The event raised over $32,000 with all proceeds going to Susan G. Komen for Breast Cancer research.

According to a new SEC filing, three of Cumulus' top executives earned a combined $8.8 million in 2017 with all three executives more than doubling their income in one year. With over $2 billion in debt, Cumulus has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since late last year.

The company announced its Q4 2017 and full-year revenue Monday with iHeartMedia (radio) gaining 0.3%, or $2.7 million, in Q4 and 1.2%, or $39.9 million, for the year. The increase in Q4 is iHeart's 19th consecutive quarter of revenue growth in its radio division.

Edison Research released a new study Monday about heavy radio users, which takes a look at the 30% of the American population ages 12 and over who listened to more than one hour of radio in the last day. Here's what they discovered about your biggest listeners...

Cumulus/Westwood One Chief Insights Officer Pierre Bouvard is out with a new blog highlighting the disconnect media buyers and planners have about the media habits of the American public. His conclusion: they are way off.

iHeartMedia announced Monday the return of the annual iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 21 and 22 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and its Daytime Stage, which will take place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Saturday, Sept. 22.

Our thanks to Gene Kuntz, the General Manager of WITZ AM & FM and WQKZ FM in Jasper, IN for this weeks advertiser success story. Kuntz tells us about the great relationship he's built up with Bob Disinger who owns Disinger Jewelers. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media)

(By Randy Lane) Last week, renowned producer Little Tommy Sablan stressed the importance of callers and call screeners to successful radio shows. This week we’ll take a deep dive into the specific guidelines of effective phone screening.