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There's something special about hearing the call of a baseball game on the radio. For anyone that's experienced baseball pictures being painted by their favorite announcer they know exactly how special it is.

Rush Limbaugh, who died at the age of 70 of lung cancer, was buried in a private cemetery in St. Louis. Limbaugh’s widow, Kathryn, and his family said a private ceremony with close family and friends was held last Wednesday.

(By Mike McVay) Those of us who have been on the air know that there is nothing scarier than noticing that your microphone was left on … when it should be off. That’s only one of the many mistakes that I’ve made during my career as an air-talent and as a Program Director.

(By Loyd Ford) A lot of people in the radio business (not everyone) think they are in the PR business. This isn’t exactly true, but radio surely could use modern PR to help shape how we are seen in local markets.

(By Rick Fink) Show me a good prospector and I’ll show you a good media rep. When working with and training media sales reps, we always suggest that there are two styles of prospecting... prospecting “hard” and prospecting “smart”.

(By Laurie Kahn) It seems like the younger generation wants immediate results so often get frustrated at the prospect of sales taking so long to build. How can we set realistic expectations without scaring them away?

As Chief Programming Officer Pat Paxton continues to lead that division for Entercom and said this enhanced leadership team "will supplement our premium content offering throughout our portfolio and ensure we have the premier collection of personalities engaging deeply with our audiences nationwide."

WDRV-FM’s Sherman & Tingle Show recently completed its 4th annual Give a Vet a Pet campaign. In partnership with the American Veterans Service Dog Academy, the show challenged Chicagoland to contribute enough money in one week to provide five service dogs to local veterans suffering from PTSD. 

93.7 The Fan (KDKA-FM) will continue to be the Pittsburgh Pirates flagship radio station. The station has been the flagship since 2012.

Since early 2020 Triton Digital has been producing podcast charts that include the top networks and the top shows. iHeart has never participated in the Triton charts, choosing Podtrac instead.