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Fran Dingeman fell into radio back in 1998 when she heard ABC-TV New York news anchor Ernie Anastos invested in a 6K watt radio station in Malta, New York in Saratoga County where she lived. She dialed him up, said she wanted to work for him, faxed over her resume, and the rest is history.

(By Buzz Knight) There is no question that competition yields better products in a marketplace. In fact I can make you the argument that we have lost many of those fierce battles of the past that are part of historical lore in the radio business.

During the The Jacobs Media Public Radio Techsurvey 2021 webinar Thursday afternoon, along with buckets of data about the public radio audience, there was a ton of data about radio in general, including how, despite sweeping technology advances in the automobile dashboard, radio is still the dominator.

Bonneville International and the Utah Jazz have reached a multi-year agreement that will expand coverage. The partnership moves operational management of The Zone Sports Network to KSL Radio.

William Lacy Clay was a Congressman from Missouri for 20 years, up until 2021. In an opinion piece in The Hill Clay says that Black-owned radio, the lifeblood of Black communities, is in trouble and the government needs to step in and help.

KYW Newsradio in Philadelphia has inducted three members into its Hall of Fame: former Director of News & Programming Steve Butler, longtime morning news anchor Harry Donahue, and longtime afternoon anchor Steve Nikazy.

The deadline to purchase tickets for the 2021 Country Radio Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Awards Ceremony is October 6. The event is set for October 13 in Nashville.

Radio Ink will present the Radio Wayne Awards on Tuesday, October 19, in a live virtual event on Facebook and YouTube at 11 am Eastern Time. Set yourself a reminder to tune into the event on our Facebook page HERE.

Premiere Networks is launching 'The Mark Moss Show', focusing on Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies. The weekend show and iHeartRadio podcast will help audiences understand the technology, but also why it is important to business, politics and financial markets.

At the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference last week, Michael Bergner from the Media Brokerage firm Bergner & Company, gave the radio industry a reality check. He said the stock market is booming, businesses have never been worth so much, and none of this applies to radio.