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Cathy Hughes is a radio pioneer. She used to have dreams about walking around with a microphone talking to people and having them ask her things. Hughes had a dream of having a megavoice that would reach everybody in the United States. At WHUR she created a radio show called The Quiet Storm which was heard on hundreds of radio stations. And of course, that was just the tip of the iceberg...

FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly spoke before the National Association of Broadcasters State Leadership Conference this week where he repeated something he's been telling broadcasters a lot lately; "I seek your assistance." O'Rielly told broadcasters the Commission needs their input on ways to reduce specific burdens the government has imposed on them that are no longer necessary or relevant in the current market environment.

It's the most listened-to Spanish-language format in America, and according to the Nielsen study just released, it continues to gain in popularity. Mexican Regional's January results were the best in several years, with general-market shares climbing between 14% and 15% from the holiday period to January across the board.

After 38 years in the radio business, and 14 with the company he started, Cherry Creek Radio, Joe Schwartz has resigned from the company, effective immediately. Schwartz tells Radio Ink it was just the right time to step away. Schwartz founded the company in 2004 with the purchase of Commonwealth Communications, which had 24 stations in nine markets. Today, Cherry Creek has 54 stations in 11 markets.

Don’t lose advertising dollars to digital. Take control with practical strategies you can pitch tomorrow. Many stations complain that they’re losing revenue to digital platforms, yet Hispanic broadcasters actually have an edge: Surveys show Hispanic consumers index among the highest in terms of digital use in almost every category.

On Saturday, February 20, Radio One St. Louis, home of Hot 104.1 (WHHL) and Old School 95.5 (WFUN), collected over 7,000 cases of water during their Flint Water Drive.

Univision CEO Randy Falco said local advertising revenue was doing quite well for the radio division, it was national that was giving the company more problems. "That's a marketplace issue, not a performance issue," Falco told investors and analysts Tuesday. And again, thanks to National, pacings are down in the mid single digits for Q1 of this year. Falco also said that in 2012 - for all divisions - Univision brought in about $60 million on political revenue and he expects the company to bring in more this year.

As we gear up for our 7th annual Hispanic Radio Conference in Ft. Lauderdale next month, our friends at BIA/Kelsey have shared some great stats on the revenue-generating markets for Hispanic radio. Texas and California are huge revenue generators for this radio format. Here's how the two states stack up...