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More from the Triton 2022 report. NPR News Now came in as the top podcast of 2022, based on average weekly downloads. Crime Junkie was next, followed by Ben Shapiro, Dateline NBC and Morbid. Here are Triton's top 20 for the year.

Following the recent passing of long-time founder and CEO Duke Wright, Midwest Communications has announced that Peter Tanz will step in as the President of the company. Wright passed away on Dec. 21, 2022.

The NAB says it is monitoring a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday accusing Alphabet's Google of monopolizing digital advertising technologies. In a statement, a NAB official said broadcasters have lost billions due to Google's purported anticompetitive practices.

Studstill Media, the family-owned company that operates several radio stations under the Mendota Broadcasting and Laco Radio subsidiaries, have agreed to sell eight stations to Illinois-based Shaw Local for over $1.8 million.

WXXI Public Broadcasting in Rochester, NY has closed on the acquisition of silent WJZR Rochester from North Coast Radio for $ 1.2 Million. It gives WXXI a second full-market FM signal to augment its NPR news-talk WXXI-AM along with classical-music WXXI-FM.

The deadline for entries in the 2023 Edward R. Murrow Awards is fast approaching. This year's deadline is Tuesday, February 7 — just two weeks away. In January, the RTDNA said it would likely not extend the deadline. For more information, or to enter, go HERE.

The FCC has proposed a $504,000 fine against Fox for a promotional spot aired across some radio stations that misappropriated emergency alert system tones. The promotion apparently aired on Fox Sports-affiliated iHeartRadio stations and on the Fox Sports SiriusXM channel in November 2021.

A new study released by Cumulus Media's Westwood One Audio Active Group in partnership with NCSolutions details how advertising for personal care brands results in a significant return on investment when those spots run on traditional AM and FM radio.

Lowe's aired 48,312 commercials on stations coast-to-coast, while language learning tool Babbel aired 46,327 spots. Progressive, which aired the most commercials two weeks ago, aired the third-most commercials last week with 46,118 spots.

(By James Bahm) Recruiting and hiring talent is not as hard as many think it is, even after the sales landscape was changed by the pandemic to allow more employees to work from home. Managers and companies need to change with the times and be flexible.