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(by Buzz Knight) I've just wrapped up another trip to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and as always, I have some final thoughts to take back to our audio business. The number one takeaway that comes out of my trip to CES is the reinforcement of the theme of innovation. Everywhere you look, touch, and smell at the event evokes this notion. The event has an optimistic edge unlike anything I have ever felt before at any event.

On the heels of the mutual decision by the presidents of Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Washington to allow a community-based group to make an offer for KPLU in Seattle, SAVE KPLU has officially launched a fundraising campaign.

ABC Radio has put together a one-hour special to honor David Bowie, who died over the weekend. It's called, “Starman: Remembering David Bowie,” and it pays tribute to the legendary musician.

On February 9, 12 of the country format’s most successful songwriters will perform at Bob Kingsley's Acoustic Alley. Rhett Akins, Rodney Clawson, Ross Copperman, Andrew Dorff, Josh Kear, Shane McAnally, Heather Morgan, Tim Nichols, Josh Osborne, Jonathan Singleton, and Jimmy Yeary are all set to perform at the event. For the fifth consecutive year, Kingsley is hosting the event at the Country Radio Seminar.

Radio One's classic hip hop format in Atlanta can now be heard on both 97.5 and 102.9. Market Manager Tim Davies says the expansion was timed with the launch of the Ed Lover Show which Radio One added in Atlanta.

If you are involved in or compete with Hispanic radio, you can’t afford to miss this! At Radio Ink’s Hispanic Radio Conference, Dan Mason will sit down with Spanish Broadcasting System EVP/Programming Jesus Salas in a live one-on-one conversation covering every hot topic in Hispanic radio.

Artist Melissa Ferrick has sued Spotify for "wholesale copyright infringement." She accuses Spotify of using her music without properly licensing her work, marking the second such suit in two weeks. She's asking for $200 Million. This suit comes shortly after Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven frontman David Lowery brought a separate class-action case against Spotify. Read more at The L.A. Times

The iHeart station pulled the mock PSA after receiving national attention about the announcement. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was accused of sexual assault twice, in 2008 and 2010. He served a 6-game suspension in 2010 for violating the NFL's personal conduct laws. Here's the text from the "PSA" WLW aired before pulling it. They called it a "Big Ben Warning" for females age 18-40.

A new year’s article about radio would not be complete without a tentative prediction. Here’s one: Radio will continue to be so seriously pooched!

As you work on your priorities in 2016, being visual and using video can be a key part of your effort to encourage more engagement from your current audience and listeners most like the fans you already attract on your social media platforms and on air.