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The government was out in full force airing 37,350 commercials about drunk driving on radio last week, moving from 29th on the Media Monitors chart to 2nd, just behind GEICO which aired 40,197 commercials. The Home Depot was third (36,393) followed by JC Penney (28,970) and McDonald's.

The Mix Group’s three-year revenue growth of 215 percent put the radio imaging production and voiceover company at #1802 out of the 5,000 companies on the list. That was a strong showing and helped the company claim the title of #1 fastest growing company in the radio industry.

The South Carolina Broadcasters Association awarded OTS Media with 12 statewide broadcasting awards, which were the most for any Radio station group. The awards were presented during a dinner at the Columbia Conference Center recognizing the state’s best Radio and TV broadcasters. WRHI has won an unprecedented total of one hundred SCBA awards, more than any other South Carolina Radio station group.

The Radio Advertising Bureau, in conjunction with BMI and the Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group, have completed the tenth annual Rising Through the Ranks Women in Radio Management & Leadership Training Program. Thirty-one scholarship recipients made the trip to the BMI Offices last week.

GLR Media Networks and international sports radio brand talkSPORT have launched a partnership for radio distribution and ad sales representation of the English Premier League in Spanish. Each week, GLR will deliver two to three EPL games and special programs, hosted by talkSPORT’s announcers and reporters, featuring play by play coverage, interviews and game highlights.

Radio Ink recruited two of the best programming minds in the business, Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels, to answer this question: "What are the greatest Top 40 stations of all time?” Here's how they stacked them up ... and your lively debate, comments and disagreements on how they did. 

The FCC's mission of shutting down pirate broadcasters continues. Anslo Alezy of Irvington and Lawrence Mason of East Orange were both warned to turn off their stations by the Commission on Friday. Alezy is accused of operating an illegal station at 88.1 from his home in Irvington and Mason is accused of operating his pirate radio station at 107.9 from his building in East Orange. Both have ten days to respond to the government and shut down the stations.

(by Bob McCurdy) Have you ever wondered how radio stacks up against other advertising options when it comes to positively influencing oft-stated ad campaign objectives such as “awareness”, “trial” and “consideration”? No need to wonder any more as Nielsen’s Commspoint, the widely embraced channel and communication planning tool has been updated with 2017 data.

Radio Ink is proud to announce that the 9th Hispanic Radio Conference is set for March 13-14 at the Intercontinental at Doral in Miami. The Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference brings together leaders in the Hispanic radio community and experts in Hispanic advertising and media for a comprehensive overview of opportunities and strategies within this rapidly transforming sector.

Over $1 Million raised by the station for the "Eric & Kathy" annual fundraiser for the Ann and Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. It was the 18th year the station has held the event to benefit the hospital. Pictured here is the entire staff of the radio station and the check for over $1 million.