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WELI-AM in New Haven is now also broadcasting on a translator at 96.9 FM. The station carries local weather and traffic, and features conservative talkers Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity.

This week on Math & Magic: Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing hosted by Bob Pittman, the Chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia sat down with Raja Rajamannar, MasterCard's Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Content Officer, and President of Healthcare Business

Whether it was the jealousy of his decades-long success or the disagreement with his politics, the hate heaped upon Rush Limbaugh following his announcement that he had advanced lung cancer was alarming.

According to the Radio Advertising Bureau, with help from new research from Borrell & Associates, in 2019 radio's digital ad revenue topped $1 Billion for the first time and now totals 10% of radio's overall revenue.

That's what country singer Cody Johnson tells The Boot in a feature called Fist Time Stories. Johnson's story is one of so many from artists who know that when they hear their music on the radio (not Spotify or Pandora or SiriusXM) they've become stars.

Lazer Broadcasting and the San Francisco Giants have extended the radio partnership through the 2022 season on its newly launched Unanimo Deportes KSFN-AM which serves the San Francisco Bay Area.

Former Orlando talker Jim Philips is out with a commentary in The Orlando Sentinel. He paints a grim picture for local radio. The former host of The Philips Phile says radio isn’t the same, and we’re worse off for it. He also advises college kids interested in radio to seek another profession.

On Wednesday morning, Spotify announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire The Ringer, which was founded by Bill Simmons in 2016. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This adds to Spotify's podcasting play and gives it a lot of strength in the sports vertical.

Rush Limbaugh, who announced Monday he has advanced lung cancer, received the Medal of Freedom award at President Trump's State-of The-Union address Tuesday night. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor.

On the WBSM New Bedford website Barry Richard writes that decades ago he got a call from Rush when he was first putting together his show. "He had nothing to offer and was willing to barter." As a result of what Rush started, Richard writes, " Talk radio as we now know it was born and AM radio was saved from obscurity." READ IT