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When was the last time a listener visited your station looking to read the letters you received from other listeners? Has that ever happened? These days the public can pretty much watch other listeners react to your station on Facebook or Twitter in real-time, every day.

The station in Salem, SC, is owned by Lake Keowee Broadcasting. A song played repeatedly for about 20 minutes on Sunny 107.9 Monday night with graphic language aimed at the President. Here's what station President Frank Patterson told Radio Ink last night...

Conservative talker Lars Larson of Alpha's FM News 101 KXL in Portland. When President Trump took over, The White House said four reporters would be chosen for “Skype Seats,” which is aimed at allowing reporters or hosts outside Washington to participate in the daily White House press briefings. Here's what Larson said about being chosen.

Just as baby boomers had to adjust to Gen X, Gen Xers find themselves on the other side of the table. How will your company fare as your people start to fill with this exciting generation? Old School/New School: Bridging the Gap between Gen X Managers and Millennial Sellers, at our Hispanic Radio Conference, is a discussion both sides need to hear.

According to the NAB, eight more members of the House and four additional Senators have joined as cosponsors of a resolution that opposes "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act now has 123 cosponsors in the House and six in the Senate. Here's who just signed on.

Emmis has closed on the sale of all of its radio stations in Terre Haute, Indiana. There were two sales, with Emmis grossing $5.2 million. Emmis will use the proceeds from the deal to pay down debt. Kalil and Company was the exclusive broker.

It's the fourth year for the Westwood One Sports Sound Awards, which highlight the best audio commercials during Super Bowl LI broadcast. Westwood One will be driving listeners to TheSoundAwards.com to vote for their favorite ads. The top five ads will be announced the day after the game. Voting is open NOW and runs through Monday, February 6.

It's part of a three-year deal with the NFL that started with the 2015 season. Entravision will broadcast Super Bowl LI between the Patriots and the Falcons on Sunday. Entravision will air coverage of the event across its NFL radio network which includes 15 stations in 13 markets, and 13 affiliate radio properties.

It's called "96.9 The Bull, Des Moines’ No. 1 for New Country," and Market President Joel McCrea says the station provides an amazing opportunity for Des Moines by offering a wider variety of music and entertainment. "We couldn't be more excited to connect Des Moines Country music fans with the hottest Country artists." The station will broadcast on KDRB-HD2.

That's the message in a company-wide video by Cumulus CEO Mary Berner posted to Vimeo. It was called the "Be a LEADer Town Hall. The goal of the video is to get every Cumulus employee to play a role in lifting sales at every radio station across the country.