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Staying at the forefront of radio tech, Xperi Corp revenue for Q1 slid slightly behind analyst projections by $2.5 million to start 2023. CEO Jon Kirchner took the opportunity to talk about the company's achievements in audio and the connected car.

As our industry worries about the state of radio's "farm team," The Nebraska Broadcasters Association and the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association have launched The High School Radio Project to teach high school media students real-world radio skills and encourage future talent.

Google is the latest company bringing Zoom to automobiles. At Wednesday's I/O Conference, the tech company announced its collaboration with Zoom as well as Cisco's WebEx and Microsoft Teams to bring digital conferencing to the 200 million cars with Android Auto.

(By Roy H. Williams) A number of marketing's oldest ideas are getting repackaged and renamed by the online marketing crowd. Among these new names are "transparency," "engagement," and the "Zero Moment of Truth." What is transparency, really?

Days after releasing 2022's highest-earning stations, BIA Advisory Services has put out the ranking of radio's top radio owners by revenue for the year. The top four for 2021 maintained their positions in 2022. Only one ownership group fell off the list.

Country Radio Seminar has announced the second CRS360 webinar of 2023, titled "The CRS Music Test: It Takes All Sorts." The May 17 session will feature a panel discussion on the effectiveness of the auditorium music test conducted by NuVoodoo.

WBUR Boston CEO Margaret Low has been elected to the NPR Board of Directors. Low will serve as a Member Director with her term expiring in November 2025. Low, who has also worked for The Atlantic, has led WBUR since 2019.

While its net broadcast revenue held almost flat year-over-year, Salem Media Group still took a hit in Q1 2023, per their Tuesday earnings call. Revenue increased 1.4%, but operating expenses soared 11.4%, leading to a lower finish than analysts anticipated.

This week, India's government dictated that every cell phone provider must activate the FM chips in every device. Now GeoBroadcast Solutions is stepping in with their ZoneCasting technology and could restart the push for the US to pass the same mandates.

Former Cumulus Memphis News/Talk 98.9 WKIM host Bob Boccia is suing the company for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The case was filed on May 1 in US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee’s Western Division.