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Vanderbilt Athletics and Cromwell Media Nashville have announced a new multiyear partnership beginning in the 2023-24 academic year. 102.5 The Game (WPRT) will be the primary flagship station for all Commodore football, men's basketball, and baseball games.

US Representatives Mike Gallagher and Josh Gottheimer have sent a letter to FEMA expressing their safety concerns over automakers removing AM radio in new car models. The letter requests answers to three questions on threats to the Emergency Alert System.

Audacy's sport-gambling-centric network BetQL is launching The Bettor Angle. This new betting show takes fans behind the numbers and offers insights and analysis that can help viewers make smarter bets, hosted by experts Kate Constable and Camron Smith.

Radio Ink asked Beasley Media Group CCO Heidi Raphael about where radio can pull winning talent, especially younger, female talent, and she knows they can come in the places we spend the most time, but scout the least.

Jacobs Media released the results of its 19th annual Techsurvey, providing insight into the listening habits of radio's core radio listeners in the US. The key takeaways from the survey include work-from-home's new reality, talent vs. music, and strong subscription feelings.

While the earnings call got noticeably chilly at times, Audacy announced they beat analysts' forecasts for the first quarter of 2023. Audacy's Q1 net revenue was $259.64 million. On the radio front, local sales significantly outperformed national but were still down.

Townsquare Media's "local first" digital approach carried them to a 2023 Q1 that outperformed expectations, despite a net loss. With more than half of Townsquare's quarterly income attributed to digital, CEO Bill Wilson said Townsquare Ignite was in the driver's seat.

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.