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Thanks to the CRS and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, a cocktail reception will be offered for the second consecutive year at CRS 2017. The reception, which will take place Thursday, Feb. 23rd from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and will be held in the museum’s Hall of Fame Rotunda.

The decade of big hair and greed-is-good got a rerun at the second annual iHeart80s Party, Saturday Jan. 28 at the SAP Center in the Bay Area, and was broadcast live on iHeartMedia Mainstream AC, HOT AC, and Adult Hits radio stations nationwide.

R Dub!, creator and host of Sunday Night Slow Jams, is using his show to help fill a desperate need. The celebrity has partnered with non-profit Water 4 Kids International to launch a global charitable initiative called Slow Jams 4 Kids.

You would think that with an Emmy, being named Personality of The Year and being in the Arizona Broadcasters Hall of Fame, finding a radio job would be easy. That wasn't the case for Tim Hattrick who, for a decade, was part of the successful Tim and Willy show at KNIX in Phoenix.

(By Bob McCurdy) There was one specific comment at the September RAB radio show that I often reflect upon. One of the conference’s panelists, Judi London, CMO at Bancroft, stated, “I get a lot of description and not enough prescription.” Exactly what did she mean?

With a new administration and new leadership at the FCC, changes are in the wind that will affect every broadcaster in every market. Are you ready for them? After more than a decade of inertia and with new leadership at the helm, the FCC is poised to take quick action to reassert itself as the regulator of the broadcast industry.

The Journal Sentinel is reporting that Wisconsin-based Devil's Advocate Radio is buying Good Karma's WRRD-AM (1510) and a format change to a liberal format will happen this week.

(Jeff McHugh) In the last 18 months, we have personally witnessed five talented personalities with decent ratings get surprised with a pink slip because they were difficult to work with. Three of them are yet to find new work. Are you a difficult, dramatic, diva talent? Grab a pen and take this test.

The 8th annual Talk Show Boot Camp will be held at the W-Hotel/Buckhead in Atlanta on March 9th and 10th. Speakers already signed to present include: Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan and comedian, author and radio host Jimmy Failla.

Impact Radio Group CEO Darrell Calton tells Radio Ink his sports talker ESPN Boise has moved from 96.5 FM to 99.1 FM in Boise. It gives the sports station a stronger, more clear signal. ESPN Boise includes local shows such as The Press Box with Jay Tust and B.J. Rains and The Drive with Joey Jenkins and Alex Gold.