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Chron.com reports that the popular conservative host passed away Sunday, July 9, after announcing on air the previous Wednesday that he would no longer have treatment for the aggressive cancer he’d been fighting for two years. He was 58.

The fourth annual Confer Radio Talent Institute opens today at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. It runs for 10 days. Students with a desire and drive to be in radio were accepted from nine different universities. Lifelong broadcaster and Forever Media Partner Kerby Confer said, “We want to make a difference, to give back and give this next generation a good firm foundation in how the communications business works."

(By Bob McCurdy) Working to modify advertising plans to include radio takes time and requires a “process.” What might seem obvious and logical to us might not seem obvious and logical to our clients.

(By Jeff McHugh) The fall Nielsen ratings period begins September 8 for both PPM and diary markets. That is not far away. Radio and podcast shows are somewhat lost to other diversions during the summer months, but you can get a big financial, ratings, or creative return on a small investment of time with these activities.  

(By Ronald Robinson) The title refers to the fact that Corporate PDs have little else to do except slip into being philosophers rather than teachers/trainers or coaches. For over 30 years, any worthwhile strategies and methodologies, as they apply to influencing audiences, have been tapped, drained, and discarded.

This is taking a radio success story to a whole new level. All of us in radio sales have asked clients to record testimonials, hoping to convince other advertisers in our market about the power of radio, not to mention to give our clients a little extra airtime. Broadcasters in Chicago have come together and developed one of the best ways to tell Radio's story using the testimonial approach.

It seems we've been reporting more about the FCC taking aim at illegal broadcasters under new Chairman Ajit Pai, especially the past few weeks. Thursday, another flurry of pirates were notified they had 10 days to end their operation and respond to the FCC to explain what they were doing operating radio stations without a government license. Here's where the latest group comes from...

That's according to a new independent study commissioned by the NAB. The study, which you can read HERE, details every radio station that might be affected and exactly which television station might affect them. The stations may need to reduce power, shut down, or operate from an auxiliary facility for work being done on a neighboring TV station antenna to ensure tower worker safety from radio frequency exposure. The NAB has sent the document to the FCC.

Meruelo Media has begun operating KPWR-FM in Los Angeles. Merulo is purchasing the Hip Hop station from Emmis for $82.8 million. The format will stay the same and Val Maki will continue to manage the station. In fact, Maki will be the market manager for three stations now: KPWR, Muruelo Media's KDAY-FM in Los Angeles, and the newly launched Riverside station 93.5 The Wild.

(By Georgia Beasley) Radio is having conversations down every day about how to attract Millennials to choose radio for entertainment and employment. The best in the radio business have been trying to figure out the “secret Millennial sauce,” yet are they inviting us to the table when trying to figure it out? What would a young adult sitting at the table point out they may not have noticed? Are there actions GM's can take that will help move the needle? I believe there are.