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Apparently 36 years is enough radio for some hosts. KQRS Minneapolis morning man, Radio Hall of Famer Tom Barnard is retiring. His final broadcast will be December 23rd. The Minneapolis native has been with the station since 1986. He dominated morning ratings in that city for a very long time.

KILT-FM Houston morning show “The Morning Bullpen,” collected 32,793 thank you cards as part of their annual “10k for the Troops” project. Since June 6, George, Mo and Fink have been asking listeners to purchase a thank you card, write a note in it and mail it to the station to deliver to the troops.

Jordan Wertlieb, President of Hearst Television is this year's TV Chair for Radio Ink and Radio + Television Business Report Forecast 2023. He joins Honorary Chair Bob Pittman, Chairman/CEO, iHeartMedia, and Radio Chair Greg Ashlock, CEO/Multiplatform Group, iHeartMedia.

"Hooks, First Lines and Scene Setters” by Earl Pilkington is a Free 319-page e-book. The book offers 25 different business categories, there are at least 101 hooks, first lines and scene setters in each category.

Learfield, a company that will produce and distribute 13 weekly Saturday College Football Games, has set the College Football Saturday Night broadcast team. Mike Golic Jr. will be the analyst and Sloane Martin will handle play-by-play during the 2022 season.

AM/FM radio is still used by most Canadians as an audio source in-car, according to The Infinite Dial 2022® Canada. The Edison Research and Triton Digital® research however shows radio has ceded some ground to digital dashboard audio sources.

The latest Library of American Broadcasting virtual exhibit is entitled "The Lost Art of Jingle Writing". The LAB exhibit is culled from a collection of iconic ads archived by the Radio Advertising Bureau.

With the renewed love for audio in recent years, spurred by podcasting, and the onslaught of new technologies for consumers to listen, radio's reach among the U.S. population is still massive. That's according to the latest Audio Today report from Nieslen.

The Tom Joyner Foundation and BetMGM are partnering to offer an Executive Series to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The partnership will offer HBCU students the opportunity to network with BetMGM executives to navigate the recruitment process and prepare for careers at the company after graduation.

SoundExchange has filed suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against Slacker and its parent company LiveOne. SoundExcahnge seeks to recover unpaid royalties owed to performers and rights owners.