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With Automotive sales leveling off compared to the past few years, Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker hosted a call with investors on the state of auto advertising. Automotive has been radio's biggest spending category for many years. Ryvicker's conclusion from the call...

The push gets stronger as another seven Members of the House of Representatives have joined as cosponsors of a resolution that opposes "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act now has 206 cosponsors in the House and 23 in the Senate.

CBS Radio in Pittsburgh has unveiled “KDKA Traffic & Weather Together.” This new HD station, heard on 107.9 HD3, will provide up-to-the-minute traffic and weather information Pittsburgh listeners.

Scripps-owned WTMJ-AM will be adding an FM translator to help expand the coverage of the powerful news station. When the translator is approved this fall, the station will be heard on 103.3 in the FM band.

The non-profit in Illinois is not only strapped with bills it cannot pay, the station's license holder, 48-year-old Jeremy Styninger, is battling health issues after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November.

He's been all over the news recently with his parole hearing set for Thursday. ABC News Radio will provide live coverage of the O.J. Simpson parole hearing anchored by correspondent Aaron Katersky at 1:00 p.m. Katersky will be joined by correspondent Alex Stone from the Lovelock Correctional Center and legal analyst Royal Oakes.

The six-station cluster collected five large semi-trucks filled with bottled water to help flood victims in the Southeast Wisconsin area, where unprecedented flash floods contaminated water wells leaving many residents with no access to drinking water and electrical power.

Beasley’s New 1037, Kiss 95.1, K 104.7, 97.9 WPEG, 101.9 WBAV, and 94.7 SMOKE recently partnered with local Teen Health Connection to host the Youth to Youth Southern States Conference Extreme Skill Workshop, which took place Tuesday at Queens College in Charlotte.

Ed Atsinger first appeared on Radio Ink's 40 Most Powerful People in Radio list back in 1997, one year after the list was launched. 2017 marks Atsinger's 20th year on our list -- his official ranking will be revealed when our issue comes out on July 24. Here is our extended interview with one of radio's longest-running and most powerful CEOs, Salem Media Group CEO Ed Atsinger.

It's a topic that never seems to go away. Why doesn't country radio play more female artists? Is there some underlying factor that leads to so many radio stations dominated by male artists? Or, is their music just not good enough? The latest to highlight the issue is Rolling Stone which is calling out country radio after strong sales of the latest Miranda Lambert album despite minimal radio support. The magazine calls it sexism.