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The FCC designated a hearing to determine if the license for Snake River Radio, LLC station KPCQ-AM was automatically canceled due to more than 12 consecutive months of silence. However, a chain of extenuating circumstances around the tower site saved the station - for now.

According to data released on April 6 by the Federal Communications Commission, more than 100 commercial AM and FM radio stations did not renew their broadcast licenses in the past year. The report shows that 82 commercial FM stations and 36 AM stations ceased operation between March 2022 and 2023.

Sean Hannity apologized on Thursday's edition of The Sean Hannity Show after several minutes of dead air were broadcast during Wednesday's show. Hannity put rumors of foul play to bed, saying, “It was not a left-wing conspiracy that did it. It was from the overheating of some critical broadcast equipment.”

With NAB Show 2023 days away, Radio Ink is here to help with your planning for the Las Vegas Convention Center. A live podcast taping, searching for the keys to positioning the medium, and a look at small and medium markets are three sessions on the first day of the Show that radio broadcasters shouldn't miss.

As traditional AM/FM broadcasts and podcasts show increased return on investment for advertisers, a new study shows that around $1 billion was spent in 2022 on digital ads that didn't get the message across. CreativeX's study of two million digital ads found that 55% didn't meet basic creative best practices.

Happy Friday! This week's Radio Ink Blast from the Past comes from Doug Quick in his days at WEEE-FM in Taylorsville, Illinois. Send your Blast From The Past to our Online Editor Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.

The Ace & TJ Show marked its 25th anniversary on Charlotte, NC airwaves on Tuesday. They started on WHQC, before moving to Beasley Media Group’s Kiss 95.1 (WNKS) and are syndicated across the southeast. They were one of the first syndicated shows to offer both a live stream and on-demand content.

The Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to extend their partnership with Capitol Broadcasting Company's 99.9 FM The Fan (WCMC) as the flagship station of the Hurricanes Radio Network. The new contract lasts for three years, until the end of the 2025-26 NHL season.

The RAB's "Radio Works" initiative continues with a webinar for sellers titled "Radio Works for Education." The session will feature a panel discussion on how radio drives traffic for education websites. The webinar is scheduled for April 19 at 1p ET.

Kent State's WKSU-FM, a non-commercial public radio station in Cleveland, Ohio, had a signal problem. The operator, Ideastream Public Media, had consolidated NPR signals and that left some in the metro outside of the broadcast area.