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(By Rick Fink) Who do you learn from? Do you have a mentor? Read books? Attend seminars? Nearly every successful person I know, in life, sports, or business, has at least someone, if not multiple people, that they learn from.

(By Loyd Ford) What can you get of value about sales from a radio programming consultant? How about the fun danger of creative thinking applied to that sales job you have today?

(By Mike McVay) A long time ago, in an alternate universe, I was a Program Director and Morning Talent on a radio station in a medium market. I did those things that morning talent do when in smaller markets and there are limited marketing resources.

(By Marc Greenspan) Advertisers need information to plan their advertising, yet they are short on time to gather the information that will best help them make decisions. As a radio seller, how do you find data that will support your advertisers?

Jessica Delfino hosts 'The Mom Report', a weekly feature on Pocono 96.7FM (WABT-FM). She says the feature is everything a Pocono mom needs to know and, “a source for motherhood awesomeness."

CEO Bill Wilson had been dropping hints over the past few months that, despite proclaiming Townsquare as a digital first company, he had something in the works to grow the company's radio portfolio. Wilson last mentioned a possible deal when he appeared on a panel at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville earlier this month.

And who ended the relationship depends on which side you ask. What's clear is that Audacy's WTEM-AM will no longer be the flagship station for the NFL's Washington Commanders and they will not carry the team's games.

CEO Bud Walters shares with Radio Ink that on Thursday the company held its annual St. Jude Radiothon in Mattoon, Illinois. The first Radiothon back in 2000 raised $19,000. This year, over $128,000. Over the years, WMCI in Mattoon has raised over $1.5 million for St. Jude.

Rick Sanchez has been a journalist, author, correspondent, and television news anchor for more than 25 years. These days he has turned his attention and is using his media background now to focus on what he calls the “New American Mainstream.”

During CRS '22 in Nashville in February, NuVoodoo gave a one-hour presentation on a multi-generational research project examining the Country Music Radio audience. The upcoming Webinar, "What You Didn't See", takes a closer look behind the data.