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Efficio Solutions provides stations with CRM and Yield Management software and this integration is designed to make the job of radio AEs more efficient. Users will be able to see and track production, spots on the air, and spots expiring in the account summary of Efficio from the production suite for that same account in vCreative.

Talk about breaking new ground! 99.9 The Fan (WCMC-FM) will host its first-ever “Beer Academy” on Saturday, July 16, with proceeds going to the Me Fine Foundation. The event will be held at Bull Durham Beer Company inside the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in two sessions: 1-2:30 p.m. and 3:30-5 p.m.

Alpha Media’s Country station Y93.7 FM (Salina, Kansas) would seem to be the king of blood drives. For the seventh year in a row, the station has won the “Pump Up the Volume” Blood Drive by encouraging it’s listeners to donate over 300 units of blood.

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai has commented on FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler's proposal to keep the Commission's media ownership rules status quo. Pai says The FCC’s rules should reflect the media marketplace of today. "Unfortunately, Chairman Wheeler’s media ownership proposal reflects the world that existed in the 1970s." Here's more from Pai...

The Boston talker got in on the new normal in politics these days, mocking the opposition. Carr used the “war whoop” gesture to make fun of Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a rally in Maine, Wednesday.

They gave it a three-year run but Greater Media could not win the battle of sports talkers in Detroit with "Detroit Sports 105.1." CBS' 97.1. The Ticket, which went on the air in 2007, is the dominant sports station in the Detroit market, consistently number one in the 25-54 demo.

Forbes has the details about how Subaru has installed censors to control certain programming on Sirius Satellite Radio. Subaru spokesperson Michael McHale confirmed to Forbes that if the owner of a 2015 Legacy or Outback is listening to “mature” content, such as Howard Stern, that car will automatically switch to channel 001 when the car is turned off. This is to guard the next person who gets in the car from hearing anything offensive. The company also confirms that this feature is not customizable by the user.

That's because as of tomorrow all the content heard on the ESPN Radio app will be transferred over to the ESPN app. The company is condensing all its content onto one app.

Early Thursday morning we heard from CBS Market Manager Steve Salhany confirmed to Radio Ink that Craig is off the air until Tuesday. The bad press has been mounting against Craig in Hartford after he posted this video to Social Media at a Latino Festival in that city.

The two-day interactive event, produced by The Mix Group and ReelWorld, by imagers, for imagers, takes place Sept. 28-29 in Miami. Here's the lineup of speakers and sessions just announced...