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(By Mike McVay) A recent conversation with a PD set my head a spinning. This individual and I were discussing the ratings struggle of their once highly rated morning show. The PD opined “this show just isn’t that good.” That comment really hit me the wrong way on so many levels.

Joni Mitchell said she decided to remove all of her music from Spotify in support of Neil Young. Young gave Spotify an ultimatum, either they dump Joe Rogan or he'd pull his music from the streamer. Spotify went with their $100 million podcaster.

The agenda for CRS 2022 has been released and it includes 18 panels, along with mentoring sessions and record label luncheons. The Country Radio Seminar 2022 is set for February 23-25, 2022 at the Omni in Nashville, Tennessee.

The National Association of Broadcasters had been pushing for President Joe Biden's FCC nominee Gigi Sohn to recuse herself from several broadcast issues. The NAB was concerned about her time as a board member of Locast, a nonprofit which was ordered to shut down after illegally streaming programming.

Beasley Market Manager Joe Bell says Marta DeLisi rocks as the General Sales Manager for WJBR in Wilmington. Our Sales Manager of The Week Feature is sponsored by The Center For Sales Strategy.

Cox Media Group has announced that after 31 years in radio, 29 years with Cox, and 21 years at CMG's Houston cluster, Johnny Chiang will be joining Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts to create Red Street Records, a new country music record label.

Saga Communications CEO Ed Christian's contract was extended another two years by the Saga Board of Directors this week. He will now run the company until at least 2027. Christian has been the Saga CEO since its inception in 1986.

iHeartMedia is out with the list of nominees for the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards. The event is set for March 22, 2022 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

104.3 WZYP in Huntsville, AL led a successful toy drive to help families devastated by tornadoes that hit Kentucky December 10, 2021. The station along with Toys for Tots collected more than 2,000 toys during the event January 11, 2022.

According to the latest Dentsu Global Advertising Forecast, total ad spend in 2022 will reach $745 billion (up 9.2%) this year with China, Japan, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. expected to be the top five markets.