35th Radio Mercury Awards Stream Live Tonight from NYC
Radio advertising's biggest night is tonight. The 35th annual Radio Mercury Awards ceremony gets underway at 7 p.m. ET at SONY Hall in New York City, with a free livestream available on both the Radio Mercury Awards and RAB websites.
The Vatican Joins Fight to Keep Radio in the Dashboard
Those fighting to keep radio in the dashboard here in the United States have found an unexpected ally: the Holy See. The Vatican is pressing lawmakers to mandate terrestrial radio receivers in all new cars, given its status as "an essential service" of democracy.
Share Your Station’s America 250 Celebration With Radio Ink
America's 250th birthday is arriving on July 4, and radio will be there, just as it has been for nearly a century of national milestones. For our July issue, Radio Ink is gathering semiquincentennial celebrations from across the country, and we want to hear yours!
Hubbard Connects Its Future to More Than Over-the-Air Radio
Hubbard Radio is dropping "Radio" from its name, marking a major rebrand for a company that traces its roots to a single AM radio station in 1923. CEO Ginny Hubbard announced the rebrand to Hubbard – Media That Connects during a companywide Town Hall.
AI Overviews Are Breaking the Lower Funnel; Radio Can Fix It
For two decades, the implicit deal was simple: pay for keywords, get customers. That contract is void, and the disruption it caused may be one of radio's most compelling sales arguments as Google's AI Overviews feature quietly dismantles the modern lower funnel.
The Impact of Powerful Storytellers
(Mike McVay) The very best talent can tell stories, to borrow the words of author, consultant and talent coach Valerie Geller, powerfully. When I first heard her speak, now years ago, I was motivated to pay closer attention to the traits and similarities of those who excel as talent.
Managing in the Clouds
(John Shomby) A few years back, doing a “remote broadcast” meant bringing a COMREX unit, or something similar, to a client location or concert venue and doing a live show for several hours. Fingers crossed that the signal would hold up.
TX Radio Hall of Fame Adds New Category for 2026 Nominations
A new recognition category headlines the Texas Radio Hall of Fame's call for 2026 nominations, as the organization opens its nomination portal through June 30. Any voting member in good standing may submit nominations during this first round.
NAB Challenges FCC Fee Hike For Radio, Wants Big Tech to Pay
The NAB is pushing back on a proposed 46% fee hike from the FCC and calling on the Commission to make Big Tech pay its share, with the filing landing the same week several small radio station classes crossed the de minimis exemption threshold for the first time.
Radio Reaches Multicultural Voters Where Other Ad Buys Don’t
Katz Media Group data shows radio reaches 85 to 86 percent of multicultural registered voters; a finding that comes as political advertisers map their future presidential election buys against a non-white population projected to hit 44 percent of the US by 2030.
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