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Nielsen has released the findings of a new study that focused on the attitudes of American about the COVID-19 crisis and radio listening. The ratings firm says the study showed that 60% of those questioned say they trust radio to give timely information about the Coronavirus.

RNS provides radio stations with customized local and national news, including custom branding, choice of news anchor, traffic and weather. Lesley Lotto owns RNS and is the senior anchor.

COVID-19 has claimed a Maine radio group. Gleason Radio Group announced the last day of broadcast will be March 29.

On Wednesday iHeartMedia and FOX announced The iHeart Living Room Concert For America, a music event to provide entertainment relief and support for Americans to help fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The concert will be this Sunday night.

Many advertisers are worried as they struggle to understand how the coronavirus crisis will impact their business. Sales reps are also in a tough spot. While they empathize with the situation every client is in, they also want to educate advertisers on the importance of marketing during this crisis. 

Sarah Shellhammer is the GM for Morgan County Media in Jacksonville, IL., one of the states in lockdown. How is Sarah's team dealing with the situation? Are advertisers staying strong? What does she believe the long term impact will be on radio? LISTEN

Triton Digital has released new data that shows Americans are hungry for news involving this constantly changing national crisis we are in. Stations in the news format are going to like what they see.

After working in radio for more than 30 years, Robert Lindsey felt it was time for a change. About 11 years ago he bought Auto Tech Service, an established car repair business in Lexington, Kentucky. Lindsey tells Radio Ink that while the changing face of radio resulted in a shift of his career path, radio is and always will be part of his life. Our weekly advertiser success stories are sponsored by SPECbyte.com

The FCC's next open meeting will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. And like most other gatherings these days, this one will also be held virtually. The meeting will be open to the public on the Internet via live feed from the FCC’s website and the FCC’s YouTube channel.

Last week KNIV and KEGH in Salt Lake wanted to help local businesses as they struggle through an uncertain future. From 7a-9p the stations allowed any local business to call in for one minute to advertise at no cost. The phone never stopped ringing.