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The NAB revealed the winners of the 36th annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards on Tuesday. The winners of the 2023 awards were announced during the We Are Broadcasters celebration on the NAB Show Main Stage. Here are the ten winners and the Crystal Heritage Award recipient:

Preliminary attendance numbers for the 2023 NAB Show Centennial were also released - around 65,013. The number includes 17,446 international attendees from 166 countries, with 1,208 exhibiting companies.

Mike Cooney, the Chief Technology Officer of Beasley Media Group, has been honored with the 2023 NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award during the We Are Broadcasters session on Tuesday.

The Positioning Radio session at the NAB Show brought together some of the most successful radio advertising executives to discuss the power of radio in advertising. The panel included Jenna Miller, GSM from CMG Tampa, Zimmer Communications GM Carla Leible, and Westwood's Pierre Bouvard.

iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman and radio personality Angela Yee took the stage for a live episode of Pittman's podcast Math & Magic: Stories From the Frontiers of Marketing at the NAB Show. The event drew a packed audience, eager to hear the conversation between the two industry veterans.

Radio industry experts gathered to talk about the future of radio sales and the industry's future sellers. RAB CEO Erica Farber led the talk on how to attract new faces to radio sales careers. The session went on to discuss several ways in which the radio industry can reach potential sellers.

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel addressed the NAB Show on Monday morning, following remarks from NAB CEO Curtis LeGeyt. In her speech, Rosenworcel took the time to praise the NAB for its 100 years of service to the broadcast industry.

A judge has denied a dismissal in the case of Global Music Rights, a performance rights organization, against media companies Southern Stone Communications and Black Crow Media Group.

Integr8 Research President Matt Bailey will host a webinar to discuss his recent blog on "Retention Rate: The Magic New Metric for Measuring Hit Potential in Streaming Data". Bailey will explain why streaming data is different from other song performance measures.

At NAB Show, radio ad consultant Jeffrey Hedquist gave a talk about the power of radio testimonials. He noted we all have weight as influencers and are able to influence people through trust and entertainment. He also emphasized the importance of making a station the audience's.