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Beasley Media Group, Big Machine Records/Nashville Harbor, Performance Racing Network (PRN), and Radio Ink magazine united on Wednesday in helping to bring together the worlds of country music and motorsports for an afternoon of entertainment as part of CRS Week in Nashville.

A digital streaming station dedicated to celebrating the life and legacy of one of country radio’s most beloved voices, Bob Kingsley, has come to fruition — courtesy of iHeartRadio.

The iHeartMedia-owned Country station serving Jacksonville has appointed its new Program Director while adding a veteran on-air talent to afternoon drive. Each report to Sr. VP of Programming for iHeartMedia Jacksonville Rick Everett.

(Randy Lane) Today, most managers share ratings with talent. As we enter March Madness, rather than obsessing over wobbly and often inaccurate ratings, take coaching advice from college basketball’s winningest coach of all time, UCLA’s John Wooden.

Happy Friday! This week’s Blast From The Past features former California air talent and voiceover artist Jerry Bishop. Send your Blast From The Past to Editor-in-Chief Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.

Guideline is moving forward with the expansion of its Ad Intelligence Insights service with the release of Local Dynamics, a subscription report designed to enable agencies, publishers, and station groups to meet evolving market demand with transaction-level benchmarking.

“By integrating AURN’s culturally connected audiences with AdGrid’s advanced data and identity solutions, brands can seamlessly extend messaging across programmatic display, audio streaming, mobile and connected TV,” the companies said in an announcement.

The introduction of the mSurvey is a dramatic change in radio measurement, reflecting how audiences engage and interact with media in a mobile context. The mSurvey platform is designed to improve audience participation and the quality and granularity of the data captured, particularly among younger demographics. 

The skeptics haven't gone away. But neither has radio. The proof isn't theoretical. Radio Ink asked the Top 20 Leaders in Radio to share a development or moment from the past year that strengthened their belief in radio's long-term future. Here's what they told us.

In March, Radio Ink delivers our first-ever issue dedicated entirely to Christian radio: a format where faith, community, and commerce converge to create one of the industry's most resilient success stories.