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The Current has the details about public radio’s Car Talk which is now airing as "best of" on 654 stations. That will end September 30, 2017.

Subscribers will start receiving our most popular issue of the year today as it makes its way around the country via snail mail and digital download. Our 2016 power issue is the most successful -- and thickest -- Top 40 issue in nearly a decade, packed with great support from radio's vendors, new Top 40 lists, interviews with radio's 40 Most Powerful, and a special feature on Radio One founder Cathy Hughes, who will be given the 2016 Radio Ink Lifetime Leadership Award later this year at Forecast.

(by Radio Ink Chairman Eric Rhoads) Tuesday I had a feeling that I should call Jim Carnegie. No reason except that we hadn’t talked in a while since I purchased RBR-TVBR from him, and he was on my mind. On Wednesday, I learned of his passing.

In Radio Ink's 2016 40 Most Powerful People in Radio issue, out this week, you'll be reading many quotes like this one from radio's most powerful. This powerful quote about management and leadership comes from a CEO that has been on our list every year since 1997.

After a week that saw Liberty Media, which has a 64% stake in Sirius, reportedly make an offer for Pandora, it was inevitable that SiriusXM CEO Jim Meyer would be asked about that possibility. So how did it deal with it? Let's find out.

CEO Jim Meyer said second-quarter results demonstrated continued strong demand for SiriusXM's content bundle and solid execution by his team. Net income of $173 million in Q2 is up 68% over Q2 2015. For the year, SiriusXM has added 1 million new subs, about 6,000 every day. The company is also raising guidance for the full year.

Revenue for the quarter was $1.6 billion, however net income decreased 1.7% to $114 million. The company says that was mainly due to the impact of foreign exchange. Net income increased 3.6% on a constant currency basis. Audio revenues grew 1.7% on a reported and constant currency basis.

On May 2, Entercom CEO David Field announced, "It was a terrific quarter," when he reported first quarter earnings to investors and analysts. Same-station Q1 revenue increased 6% over 2015 as the company turned in its 4th consecutive quarter of growth.

Brittany Hodak, writing in Forbes, says yes and she's pointing the finger directly at radio programmers. In a long and well-researched essay, Hodak shows that there were only seven women (nine songs) on the Billboard Country Airplay Top 30 chart so far in 2016. She outlines the reasons why she believes this is happening.

KRLD-AM in Dallas, WBAL-AM in Baltimore, WBT-AM in Charlotte, WDBO-FM in Orlando, and WINS-AM in New York will fight it out for Legendary Station of the Year as Marconi finalists this year. On Tuesday, the NAB announced all the 2016 finalists. The winners will be announced September 22 at the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner during the 2016 Radio Show in Nashville. Here are all the finalists: