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On a recent episode of their radio show, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton vocalized their support for keeping AM radio in cars after an email from a listener on the issue. Sexton said listeners should, "focus in on the safety reasons to have AM and also the free speech reasons."

Artist-forward platform PickleJar and Cumulus Media have partnered on PickleJar Up All Night, a daily country program hosted by Patrick Thomas. The show will air live across Cumulus Media’s country stations in 47 markets seven nights a week, midnight to 5a ET starting May 5.

After a frequency flip with Bigfoot Poconos, Seven Mountains Media is launching POCO 103 (WPCO) in Pennsylvania starting Wednesday morning. The new station replaces Pocono 96.7, which Seven Moutains bought from Neversink Media Group earlier this year.

The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards have announced this year's radio winners. Country artists helped unveil the awards in a video on Tuesday, April 25.

After the sudden passing of Randy Zachary in January, Family Radio Network has found its new afternoon host. Doug Hannah has been selected as the new afternoon host for Family Stations, Inc's 70 stations starting Monday, May 1.

The FCC's Enforcement Bureau issued warnings to sixteen landowners in the New York City/New Jersey area for allowing illegal broadcasting from their property. The warnings were sent out as part of the Bureau's crackdown under their expanded authority via the PIRATE Act.

With the 2023 NFL Draft starting Thursday, April 27, at 7p ET, Audacy has announced its coverage plans. While a national Audacy Draft Show streams on the app, Audacy markets that house their own NFL teams will have individualized first-round coverage for local fans.

Westwood One’s Audio Active Group released a comprehensive analysis of listening data from various sources of the 82 million Americans still listen to AM radio each month. In that data was a surprising fact about Ford drivers - one that could haunt the company as they phase out all AM.

The National Association of Broadcasters has filed a petition in federal court seeking to compel the FCC to complete its 2018 quadrennial review of broadcast ownership rules, as required by law. The stalled quadrennial review is at the heart of the deregulation argument, among other debates.

With NAB Show 2023 fully wrapped up and all attendees, speakers, and exhibitors back home to business as usual, Radio Ink reached out to some of this year's participants from around the industry to summarize their experiences. Today from the C-Suite: Mary DelGrande and Pierre Bouvard.