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The Colorado Broadcasters Association held its annual Awards of Excellence Gala on April 22nd to recognize Colorado's best broadcasters and their work in 2022. More than 400 radio and television broadcasters gathered at the Ritz Carlton Denver for the event.

Legend Communications’ Big Horn Radio Network announced a rebrand on Monday. The Wyoming-based group is now called Big Horn Basin Media, prompted by an expansion into digital advertising. The rebrand also extends to Big Horn's KZMQ, KCGL, KTAG, and KCWB.

According to Media Monitors' data of top radio advertisers for the week ending April 23, the top five advertisers saw some changes as a surge of ad plays continues to make up for a slow first quarter. Upside maintained its top position for the fifth consecutive week, with 65,436 spot plays.

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 about their experiences, which we'll share this week. Today: Dave "Chachi" Denes, Joe D'Angelo, and Reggie Shah.

(By Deborah Parenti) The NAB Show was, as usual, exhausting and exhilarating. No matter the circumstances of the economy or the challenges facing broadcasters, there is something about a shared experience that provides opportunities for collaborative efforts.

White Communication's Classic Hits 107.9 (KZRS) in Great Bend, KS has signed a multi-year agreement to broadcast the Kansas City Chiefs. The station will also air pre-game and post-game shows, Chiefs Kingdom, and Minute with Mitch.

On Friday, Twitter removed the controversial labels describing NPR and other prominent broadcast news organizations as “government-funded.” The companies were informed by way of an email from Twitter owner Elon Musk, who said it came on the recommendation of Walter Isaacson.

(By Marc Greenspan) A client asks “Is this going to make my company money?” A new car dealer may not care that you have 262,600 people tuning to your station, but they do care if data shows your listeners will spend $1.16 billion at new car dealers over the next year.

(By Mike McVay) Finding air talent and sellers for small and medium market radio stations isn’t the easiest task, but the opportunities may be greater than you'd expect. This week I’m sharing takeaways from the NAB Show table that I hosted which focused on recruitment.

(By Buzz Knight) It was tremendous being with so many friends and colleagues at NAB Show. It’s uplifting to be connected in person with so many folks after our recent period of disconnection. But we cannot forget the words of friend and industry veteran Gary Marince: “Hope is not a strategy.”