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The deadline to enter the Radio Television Digital News Association's Edward R. Murrow awards is quickly approaching. All entries must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. The organization says it will likely not extend the deadline.

(By Alec Drake) As a manager, have you repeated a phrase from your parents to your team? I did this when a salesperson on my team felt down about their sales performance. My mother's voice popped into my head, and I suggested, "Busy hands are happy hands."

Former Cleveland quarterback Bernie Kosar was fired from his pre-game radio position by the Cleveland Browns after he placed a ceremonial $19,000 bet on the Browns to win Friday. Kosar wore number 19 when he played with the Browns.

(By Buzz Knight) I’m stumped when one sees a plethora of prototypes, tech evolution and businesses forging ahead with an entrepreneurial spirit to answer the question succinctly.  Even more challenging is sorting through the actionable observations that can relate to readers from the radio industry.

(By Mike McVay) To a listener, their favorite radio station changing format or eliminating their favorite air-talent, is personal. No matter how poorly your station may have been performing, you’ve not just abandoned a format, you’ve abandoned an audience. 

(By Loyd Ford) They say the only things you can count on in life are “death and taxes.” Please add objections in sales to that list. However, we must learn to see objections in a positive way. Here are some thoughts about how to handle objections this year and level up your sales by overcoming the objections.

Richard Chapin, a Nebraska radio executive who spent more than three decades building out a Midwest radio powerhouse and who was the first broadcaster to serve as the chairman of NAB and RAB, died at the age of 99.

Radio Ink is accepting nominations for The Best Country Program Directors in America. Radio Ink's Best Country PDs will once again be honored at the annual Country Radio Seminar in Nashville March 13-15. Make your nomination here. YOUR DEADLINE TO NOMINATE IS 5PM TODAY.

(By Buzz Knight) I, like many of you, hoped that innovation would thrive over these last few years of pandemic uncertainty, supply chain challenges and labor shortages. So much for the kitchen sink being thrown at multiple industries as a way to short circuit the innovation process.

The FCC faces resolving the 2018 Quadrennial Review as it undertakes the 2022 review, David Oxenford writes at the Broadcast Law Blog. It also could consider zonecasting and Class C4 FM service, which would impact the radio industry.