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It's another week at the top of the Media Monitor list for Indeed. The job search engine has dominated the list for well over a month. Another jobs generator, ZipRecruiter is part of the top five this week.

B100 (WBYT-FM) St. Jude Radiothon raised $321,425. The Elkhart, Indiana station's footprint covers Indiana and Michigan. This year's total was a record for the radiothon that has raised more than $6.3 million over the years.

The call is going out to Radio to unite for Ukraine. "Tears For Ukraine" is an anthem to bring the world together to keep focus on Ukraine until the situation is resolved fully.

(By Mike McVay) Good enough is never really good enough. It should be acknowledged that lots of “good enough” stations, and shows, do well in the ratings … until a better option becomes available.

(By Ken Benson) The Portable People Meter fundamentally changed Radio’s Time Spent Listening reality. Radio programmers responded to the shorter PPM listening occasions by implementing new tactics.

(By Loyd Ford) Do you sell potential clients? Really. Think about it. You’ve got a tough customer. Or you have an easy one that just ‘comes together.’ Did you make that happen or were you just in the right place at the right time?

(By Marc Greenspan) In the world of transactional business, it is all GRP and Cost per Point. In new business development, most salespeople rely on the cume to their station or cluster – in other words, how many consumers the advertiser has the potential of reaching.

(By Rick Fink) We’ve all been to a business where the salesperson pushed you to a point of “no return” and you walked out saying, “I will NEVER go back to that place again! They burned their bridge”.

In response to the humanitarian  crisis in Eastern Europe, Hubbard Radio’s KTMY-FM in Minneapolis-St. Paul is partnering with Minnesota-based Alight to raise money that will directly aid refugee care in Poland. The fundraiser, myTalkers for Ukraine, kicked-off Monday, March 7th, has already raised $105,000 and will continue through this week.

CRS 2022 presentations, session videos and additional information from the February event in Nashville are now available to stream and download. Among the session videos, five "Heads Of State" presentations.