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(By Bob McCurdy) To maximize revenue in 2017 and beyond we need to expertly mesh digital with on-air.  Digital is as necessary as fruits and vegetables are to a balanced diet, but every so often some additional “traditional” protein is needed to bring back balance.

This time the station helping the children’s research hospital was Charlotte’s Country broadcaster 96.9 The Kat, which raised just over $202K through its Kat Country Cares For Kids Radiothon, which returned December 1-2 after a six-year hiatus.

Savannah, GA, station BOB 106.9’s morning crew isn’t shy when it comes to raising money for breast cancer. And they reaped the benefits. Tim Leary and the Morning Showgram just wrapped up their 4th Annual “Tats for Ta-Tas” breast cancer awareness program and raised over $35,000 in benefit of the Nancy N. & J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion at St. Joseph’s/Candler.

iHeartMedia’s 95.7 BIG FM held its 8th annual Make-A-Wish® Radio-A-Thon and raised a record $293,500 for Make-A-Wish Wisconsin. Make-A-Wish grants wishes to children diagnosed with life-threatening medical conditions. On-air personalities Dave Murphy and Meg McKenzie hosted the event during Murphy & Meg in the Morning.

Radio’s programming stars have desks filled with tasks and assignments. They are busier than ever. How do they get everything checked off their to-do lists and focus on programming a winning radio station? We turned to five of Radio Ink’s Best Program Directors in America for the answers.

Programmatic is still relatively young and new to the radio industry, however, it has gotten so big in the retail world that Target has created its own in-house data management platform and formed direct relationships with demand-side vendors.

It's probably a good idea to make sure you have all the permits you need from the local town before you start digging huge holes in their community. KOWS, which broadcasts to West Sonoma County and portions of Santa Rosa and Sebastopol in California, is in hot water for diggin huge holes without receiving proper approval.

House of Representatives Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte has circulated a proposal to reform and modernize the copyright office. The proposal says the Copyright Office is not sufficient to meet the needs of a modern 21st Century copyright system and needs more funding and changes to how it operates. There is no mention of radio performance royalty in the proposal.

You may recall HD Radio parent DTS becoming a subsidiary of Tessera Holding Corporation earlier this month. On Thursday, DTS announced it had purchased All In Media, a supplier of smartphone apps and broadcast systems for radio.

ASCAP has launched its new website which includes a dedicated “Member Access” portal. ASCAP says the website changes are part of the organization's "ongoing enhancements to give members the digital tools they need to make managing their lives as music professionals easier." These improvements follow the launch of ASCAP’s redesigned music repertory database, ACE.