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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.

The President of the Radio, TV & Podcasting Divisions of Streamline Publishing, Deborah Parenti, is picking up another honor from the Dayton Area Broadcasters. The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Deborah at their next Hall of Fame event. She's already a member of the Dayton Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

Codcomm, owned by John Garabedian, is selling his seven Cape Cod radio stations to Steve Chessare's Coxswain Communications for $3.2 million. KALIL & CO. was the exclusive broker for this deal.

Lotus now officially owns News Radio KOMO-AM & FM, KPLZ-FM, and Talk Radio KVI 570-AM. The $18 million purchase of the stations from Sinclair was announced back in June. Richard Foreman Associates was the exclusive broker representing Sinclair.

Audio Active Group is an audio media and creative advisory group for marketers and agencies. Pierre Bouvard, Cumulus/Westwood One Chief Insights Officer will head up AAG that will offer insights, media planning creative and measurement services.