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A closing panel at Radio Ink's Hispanic Radio Conference explored smart speakers and other tech innovations redefining the audio landscape. One of the participants, Havas Media USA - Miami's head of digital Humberto Cruz, shared a fascinating Havas study that includes some very interesting intelligence on audio.

The National Association of Broadcasters launched their second wave of "Depend on AM" PSAs, aimed at making sure automakers keep AM radio in cars. Along with the new spots, the NAB reports hundreds of thousands of AM listeners have reached out to their representatives.

Envision Networks is getting in the holiday spirit this year with the 2017 updated edition of their award-winning 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All Time, the 10-hour radio countdown special hosted by TV icon Wink Martindale.

Tim Leary and Chelsea Taylor’s annual 'Friends Feeding Friends' resulted in a record of food and cash donations. The New Country 103.1 three-day event raised $12,416, and collected 2.69 tons of food for the Palm Beach County Food Bank.

An effort by Cumulus Media Atlanta to aid businesses suffering from pandemic fall-out has resulted in more than $1 million in airtime and creative services.

As Christian radio fuels the highest rates of station growth in the US, National Religious Broadcasters took the opportunity to ask its leaders and member stations about the continued power of radio against digital media and how it reaches their specific audiences.

Greenville, SC’s Fox Sports 1440 and ESPN Asheville 1400 have signed a broadcast agreement with the Atlanta Braves, and will be the official Atlanta Braves Radio Network affiliates in Greenville, SC, and Asheville, NC.

They talked to a packed room at NAB Show in Vegas last month, and now iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman and radio personality Angela Yee's session is available on demand. Both took the stage to tape a live episode of Pittman’s podcast Math & Magic: Stories From the Frontiers of Marketing.

Our thanks to Centennial Broadcasting in Fredericksburg, Virginia, for sharing this story. After a month-long contest B101.5 listener April Burch won a new Nissan Rogue 3-year lease from the station and local Nissan dealer. Burch and her family decided to opt-out of taking the Nissan Rogue. Here's why...

(By Rick Fink) Options… Everyone likes options. The question is, how many options are too few or too many? The answer varies, and it depends upon whom you are talking to, who is selling, and who is buying.