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A full roster of ESPN talent, along with the regionally syndicated David Glenn Show, is now airing on 92.9 FM/880 AM/1400 AM in Asheville. Previously, iHeart was airing Progressive Talk on 92.9-FM and 880-AM. That format moved over to 101.1-FM.

Yesterday, we shared a video created by Spotify pushing the power of audio. We also wondered how powerful a similar video about the power of radio would be. Our great friends at the RAB pointed us in the right direction...right to their website. The video about the power of radio the RAB produces is updated regularly and sent out to RAB members. Check it out HERE.

Our thanks again to Second Street for sharing another great advertiser success story. The promotion was done with KCLR-FM in Columbia, MO for the Koala Center for Sleep Disorders. Our weekly success stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media..

Townsquare CEO Bill Wilson will keynote the event that takes place before the Radio Show every year. Wilson will discuss the initiatives that have helped define Townsquare Media as “a local media and digital marketing solutions company.”

Keith Hastings is the Director of Branding & Programming for Cox Media Group's KISS-FM and KTKX-FM in San Antonio, and he's CMG's Rock and Classic Rock Format Leader. He's been in radio for 40 years and 31 as a programmer. On May 8, Hastings will be featured in Radio Ink Magazine as one of Radio’s Best Program Directors in America. Here's why...

The NAB is speaking out after Senators Amy Klobuchar and John Kennedy and a team of bipartisan co-sponsors reintroduced the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to this year's 118th Congress.

Part of the reason iHeartMedia executives travel and participate at Cannes is to hobnob and schmooze with executives spending the big money on advertising. And to raise the level of awareness for radio. For the sixth year in a row, iHeartMedia and MediaLink hosted a VIP Dinner at Cannes.

University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland was the big winner during Star 102’s (WDOK-FM) 2020 Rainbow Radiothon. The radiothon has raised $4.7 million since 2003.

This will be the third station for Jim Lamke's Lamke Broadcasting in Minnesota. He also owns two stations in Grand Rapids. He's now picking up KBAJ-FM in Deer River from Red Rock Radio. KALIL & Company was the exclusive broker on the deal.

50 State Broadcasters Associations have sent a letter to leaders of Congress asking them to support the reinstatement of the Diversity Tax Certificate Program. The Associations say both H.R. 4871 and S. 2456 would encourage investment in TV and radio broadcast station ownership for women and people of color. Read the letter HERE.