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Cumulus Media's 93.7 KISS Country (KSKS) wrapped its 28th annual KISS Country For Kids Radiothon on September 10, raising $103,608 to benefit children and families served by Valley Children's Hospital in Madera, CA. 

(Jeffrey Hedquist) As you search for viable formats to use for your commercial stories, don’t ignore ones with which you and your audience are familiar. Here are some templates for you to build stories that will educate prospects, build trust, and position your clients as the experts.

(Randy Lane) In the era of loud, fast-talking announcer DJs, my radio mentor, Todd Wallace, asked my fellow DJs and me, “Would you talk to your neighbor over the back fence like a pukey DJ or just in natural conversation?” Of course we all said we’d talk to them conversationally.

(Sponsored) A new Skyview Networks white paper looks at the real alternative to satellite distribution as the C-band deadline approaches, covering the technology, security, revenue, and how the switch actually happens for content providers and the stations who receive their feeds.

After 42 years on the air, the syndicated America in the Morning signs off for good today. September 18 marks the final broadcast of the program, which debuted in 1984 with Jim Bohannon on the Mutual Broadcasting Network, as Westwood One retires the program.

Norsan Media is expanding its Austin lineup with a new Regional Mexican outlet built around the genre's biggest current stars. The Charlotte-based Hispanic broadcaster will launch Poder 93.3 on the signal it recently acquired from Waterloo Media.

Three years have now passed since the last coast-to-coast test of the Emergency Alert System. FEMA and the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau are gearing up to run it again, with every required broadcaster across the country expected to take part.

For the second time this year, a federal appeals court has paused a court order requiring Nielsen to sell its Nationwide ratings product to Cumulus Media on terms and at a price set by a judge, now backed by a $50,000-a-day fine for noncompliance.

Two of radio's most recognizable voices are stepping behind the podium for Radio Ink's Forecast 2027. iHeartMedia personality Angela Yee and Beasley Media Group's Fred Toucher will emcee this year's conference, set for November 12 at the Harvard Club of NYC.

The radio sales pipeline doesn't care if it's a bull market or a bear market. It doesn't care if it's Q4, with the holidays and an election handing out ad cash, or Q1, when "we'll call you if the budget isn't tight." So how do the 2026 Radio Wayne Streetfighter of the Year finalists keep it fed?