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The Independent Broadcasters Association says its four national cash contests have generated a more than $2.6 Million in revenue for participating stations. Over $180,000 has been given away by the stations to listeners.

The upcoming Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference is offering a Leadership Roundtable that you can't afford to miss! The Hispanic Radio Executive Leadership Roundtable will be part of the day one offerings June 22 in Miami.

AJ Punjabi has been named Market President for iHeartMedia San Francisco. Punjabi comes to San Francisco from iHeartMedia’s Charleston market, where he most recently served as the Market President and enterprise leader of the Blockchain/Crypto/NFT category.

The National Association of Broadcasters plans a public service campaign to further support children displaced by the war in Ukraine. The campaign will run on June 20, World Refugee Day; with all proceeds going to UNICEF USA to support UNICEF’s emergency response and humanitarian work in Ukraine and neighboring countries.

B-Dub Radio is offering a five-hour July 4th Holiday Weekend package. B-Dub’s 4th of July Weekend Block Party is 5 hours of country’s biggest artists, back-to-back.

Progressive has moved back into the top-five on the Media Monitors list. The insurance giant leaped from 60th place last week to first place this week.

(By Paul Rotella) Every Congress, a few well meaning, but misinformed legislators, appear as to forget that they represent the people of their districts and not the foreign owned record companies, and introduce, in one form or another, the toxic royalty fee legislation commonly known as the “Performance Tax.”

iHeartMedia announced Friday that former Cox Media Group CEO Kim Guthrie has been named Division President for iHeartMedia in Florida. She replaces Linda Byrd who's retiring July 15th.

(By Rick Fink) It’s not just enough to talk the talk of being truly there to help them grow their business. You MUST walk the walk and do the things that prove it. I’m about to share how a $1 bill and a book can help you grow your business.

(By Mike McVay) There is a constant harping within the industry that we need to “fix radio” and we need to do it quickly. The response is usually that “we can’t afford to make the necessary changes.”