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(By Loyd Ford) What happens when summer arrives? The kids get out of school, people drop back and span out thoughts of escape. Advertisers do it, too. Clients look around and see that many go on vacation, there is disruption in regular dependable behavior, and you can begin to hear, “Let’s talk in the fall.”

(By Randy Lane) The human brain is wired to be interested in just about anything if it is presented in the form of a mystery. Movies like Top Gun cause us to ask, what will happen next? Sporting events like the NBA Finals, cause us to ask, who will win the game?

WYPR 88.1 FM has been recognized by the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association for its reporting, receiving five first place awards and seven second place awards. "Your Public Radio" serves Baltimore and Central Maryland with local and NPR programming.

NAB CEO Curtis LeGeyt knows battling those who want to add a fee to play music on the radio will be one of his biggest battles, as it was for former NAB CEO Gordon Smith. musicFIRST Chairman Joe Crowley has revealed his step-by-step plan to get radio to pay by the end of 2022.

The 31st annual Radio Mercury Awards were held Thursday night both virtually and in-person at Sony Hall in New York. This year’s Best of Show award was presented to FCB Chicago for their Go RVing radio commercial.

Sports Radio 1230 The Gambler has debuted in West Palm Beach. The iHeartMedia station will air 22 hours of live VSiN Sports Betting Network content daily.

Steve Roberts is the President of Roberts Broadcasting, which owns WRBJ-FM in Jackson, one of the two stations GeoBroadcast Solutions is testing its new Zonecasting technology on. We spoke to Roberts about why he agreed to be a test station and how it's working out for him.

iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman has been named Honorary Chair for Forecast 2023, the 20th year for this event. Greg Ashlock, CEO/Multiplatform Group, at iHeart is this year's Radio Chair. The event will be held in New York City on November 16th and registration is now open.

On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council unanimously approved an agreement between public radio and TV operator KERA and the City of Dallas’ Office of Arts and Culture to manage classical music station WRR-FM.

After 5 years off the air, and several weeks of stunting, iHeartMedia Sacramento has launched KISS 107.9, The Best Variety From The ‘90s and 2000s. iHeart picked up the 50,000 watt signal, formerly known as KDND and owned by Entercom, in an FCC auction last year.