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(By Eric Rhoads) My thick skull often takes decades to learn important lessons, but one lesson has made me more money in the last two years than in the prior five years combined. I’ve moved my business from gradual, incremental income to a tsunami of cash, and in a very short time.

(By Tom Zarecki) It’s a fact: Nearly all the major video streaming apps (Facebook Live, Periscope, etc.) have strong, empowering effects on radio people. But, as a radio GM, PD, or air talent, the last thing you want to do is upstage your own station, distracting your listeners.

Thursday, Edison Research will host a podcast with data from their annual Infinite Dial study. In anticipation of the webinar, Edison's Tom Webster released a tidbit of new information about podcasting, which will be part of the webinar Thursday.

The Country station’s two-day radiothon (March 2-3), raised $168,145 for the kids of St. Jude with their 12th Annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon.

Radio Ink is pleased to announce this year’s finalists for the prestigious Medallas de Cortez, the only awards dedicated to honoring the very best in Hispanic radio.

It seemed like a harmless question at the end of his quarterly earnings call, but the answer was anything but harmless. When an analyst asked Radio One CEO Alfred Liggins how he was feeling about the radio industry, his answer morphed into a criticism of iHeartmedia.

With $5.7 million in political revenue in Q4 of 2016, Radio One was able to post a net revenue increase of $3.8% for a total of $113.6 million, from all of its divisions. The radio division was up 1.2% for the quarter with local revenue down 4.1% and national up $7.3%, largely driven by political.

Saga Communications CEO Ed Christian said revenue was good in 2016 and he's thankful for everything that happened. Of course, political revenue helped radio in 2016 and Saga was no different taking in $929K in political radio revenue in Q4 and $1.9 million in political revenue for radio for the full year.

That's according to CEO Ed Christian who told investors and analysts on Tuesday that he's identified two opportunities he's working on. Saga operates in mid-sized markets and that's where their focus will stay. Christian said, "We operate below the radar and above the weather. We have ball control in those markets."

And that may have been one of the agenda items when FCC Chairman Ajit Pai met with Trump at the White House on Monday. Pai said he was deeply honored to have been nominated to serve a second term.