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Nominations close Friday for the Radio Wayne Awards (named after “Radio Wayne” Cornils, 1935-2000, who devoted his life to increasing professionalism in radio). The only way your radio team members can be considered for a Radio Wayne Award is if you nominate them.. MAKE YOUR NOMINATIONS HERE. Your deadline is July 8.

This is a follow-up to our July 5 story where we reported that WCBM's Tom Marr was headed for medical hiatus after suffering a stroke as a result of recent back surgery. Marr has been in Baltimore radio since 1967, and has been with WCBM since 1988. He died Thursday at the age of 73. WCBM Director of Programming & Operations Sean Casey issued this statement...

Thursday on CNN, Reach Media's syndicated host D.L. Hughley had a very moving interview regarding the recent police shootings. He explained to CNN's Chris Cuomo, “I don’t even go to sleep until my children come home, my grown children come home." WATCH HERE.

ESPN Radio 1230 The Fan 2 (WFOM-AM) has signed a multi-year partnership with Kennesaw State Football beginning with the 2016 season. The play-by-play will also stream at atlantasssportsstation.com.

The Detroit News has the details about a Michigan man who lost his case claming Pandora violated his privacy by publicly sharing his preferences. The state Supreme Court ruled Peter Deacon isn’t legally considered a customer, and Pandora listeners can opt to pay to use a version without commercials but “there is nothing to suggest” that Deacon did.

(By Andy Bloom) Garrison Keillor retired last week, ending a 42 year run of his Prairie Home Companion. A few weeks earlier Consultant and Strategist, Fred Jacobs wrote a blog about Keillor's impending retirement and we traded thoughts about the implications for the industry in the aftermath.

(By Ryan Wrecker) All the way from Melbourne, Australia, Sophie Kneebone (which is a great on-air name) shared some insights into getting noticed on iTunes at the Podcast Movement Conference in Chicago. We have all wondered what it would take to get into the upper echelon of podcasting rankings, but for many reasons radio podcasts have had a very hard time achieving that.

(By Ryan Wrecker) Some speakers at the Podcast Movement in Chicago are focusing on content creation. Others are focused on monetization. Then there’s some that are just podcast enthusiasts learning how to get into the business. Regardless of what stage you’re at, it’s important to engage your listeners, no matter how few or plentiful they are.

(By Ryan Wrecker) Podcasters have a lot of questions. What’s the best way to get a podcast noticed? How do you monetize a podcast? How do you best market a podcast? At this year’s Podcast Movement in Chicago, my main focus is to connect the talented content craters in radio with successful digital audio practices.

The focus of the new podcast series is on the future of radio in the connected car. It will include backstage interviews recorded at last fall’s DASH Conference by Jacobs Media’s Digital Dot Connector Seth Resler. A new episode will be released every week for the next three months.