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With the Iowa caucus now in the books, Media Monitors has released new radio spot numbers in the primary races in both Iowa and New Hampshire. In the three markets: Des Moines, Quad Cities, IA, and Omaha, NE (includes Council Bluffs, IA), that Media Monitors focused on, spots for Carly Fiorina’s super PAC, CARLY for America top the list at 1,435.

It was steady as she goes for radio's top five advertisers for the week of January 25. Walgreens held onto the top spot airing 63,506 commercials, followed by GEICO with 42,226.

J.D. Power reports that radio's largest advertising category will report a very good month to start off the year selling an average of 36,499 new-vehicles every day. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) for January is expected to reach 13.9 million units, up from 13.8 million in January 2015.

In the National On-Air Personality category, the nominees who are up for the ACM award are: Blair Garner and Chuck Wicks from America’s Morning Show, Cody Alan (CMT After MidNite), Lon Helton (Country Countdown USA), Lorianne Crook, Charlie Chase (The Crook and Chase Countdown), Sam Alex (Taste of Country Nights), The Bobby Bones Show, Whitney Allen, Jackie Stevens, Mike McNamee (The Big Time). The winners will be announced in Las Vegas on April 2. Here’s a complete list of this year’s ACM radio nominees:

The BMI Foundation's Founders Award is an annual scholarship competition open to radio broadcasting students for the purpose of cultivating future innovators in radio. A $5,000 scholarship will be awarded for the best original essay response entry.

The buyer is NJ Broadcasting, owned by Dr. Shukla, a pediatric physician, who also owns, 7 Days Pediatrics, located in Edison, New Jersey. Shukla is now operating the station under an LMA. The station will provide programming for the South Asian Community and it will be called “Radio Zindagi."

Country Dashboard is a new product that delivers information and audio about country music artists and the country music scene in real time. The product is a collaboration between by KMG Networks, Harris Media (the producer of Control Room Pro), AdLarge Media, and Lon Helton's Country Aircheck.

The Medallas de Cortez awards are the most prestigious and highly coveted in Hispanic radio. This is the seventh year these exclusive radio awards have been presented. If you know someone who is doing great work in Hispanic radio, don't miss the chance to spotlight their efforts with a nomination. Make your Nomination HERE.

The presidents of Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Washington mutually decided to allow a community group to make an offer for KPLU. They made this decision after a strong request by KPLU’s Community Advisory Council and an outpouring of listener concern over the proposed sale of the station to KUOW, which is owned by UW. And KPLU listeners are coming through in a big way...