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Is the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out having an impact on advertisers enough so they increase their ad spend? That’s the focus of our daily series of interviews with radio executives. Salem Media Group has 99 Radio stations in 35 markets. We spoke to Salem's President for Broadcast Media David Santrella to get his take.

The radio industry has a huge stable of talented managers. 30 of them are interviewed in the October 14 print issue of Radio Ink (Subscribe HERE). Those 30 managers gave us so much useful information we couldn't fit it all between the pages.

Radio Ink Online Editor Cameron Coats has a special holiday announcement to make: after a year off, we’re thrilled to announce that Radio Ink's Season of Giving Tally is returning for 2023. Here's how your station can get involved:

According to a new SEC filing, three of Cumulus' top executives earned a combined $8.8 million in 2017 with all three executives more than doubling their income in one year. With over $2 billion in debt, Cumulus has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since late last year.

They are not faces you often see on CNN or Fox News, and it's only ten names, but it's support nonetheless. Ten members of Congress have sent a letter of support for Zonecasting to FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel voicing their support for the technology.

670 The Score (WSCR-AM) will continue as the flagship station for the Chicago Cubs. The station has served as the radio home of the team since 2016.

iHeartMedia Greenville's Variety station is now Christmas 102.5, The Carolinas’ Christmas Station, for Upstate SC. Christmas 102.5 will broadcast around-the-clock festive music, leading into the holiday season.

(By Pat Bryson) Recently, I did a sales training exercise where a participant had to have a two-minute conversation with a partner, asking questions about an object in their hand. The catch? They couldn’t ask a “Yes/No" question.

(By Randy Lane) Artist interviews can be a trouble spot in PPM when they aren't executed properly. Conversely, they can turn viral when the guest is part of the fun instead of the standard  Q&A session. Try playing Never Have I Ever with the next band that visits your studio.

AM/FM radio is still used by most Canadians as an audio source in-car, according to The Infinite Dial 2022® Canada. The Edison Research and Triton Digital® research however shows radio has ceded some ground to digital dashboard audio sources.