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(By Mike McVay) Podcast Movement took place in Nashville earlier this month. I had the honor of speaking and addressing Story Telling as an Art. The focus was on podcasters, but the tips and structure of the presentation is applicable to air talent, podcasters and anyone who does public speaking.

(By Loyd Ford) You and I are in the business of experiences. Yet I feel some broadcast companies are no longer focused on the customer experience at all.

(Jeff McHugh) I once suspected Clint Eastwood of stealing a screenplay I wrote. I later learned that Mr. Eastwood and I had the same idea at the same time, but he acted while I talked myself into doing nothing.

(By Ken Benson) For decades radio programmers have been obsessed with removing any programming element deemed to cause tune-out, whether a song, an irritating ad, or an obnoxious DJ.

There was a time that sports station WEEI was a lot stronger in the Boston ratings. Along with The Sports Hub, the two stations were battling for the ears of the rabid Boston sports fan.

dentsu has updated payment terms to 30-days for all minority-owned media partners in the United States. dentsu says the industry payment terms of 60, and up to 120 days, have put an enormous strain on minority owned media businesses, especially the smaller ones.

Audacy CEO David Field announced Friday that Chief Programming Officer Pat Paxton is leaving the company. Paxton has been with the company for 21 years. Jeff Sottolano (pictured) has been promoted to Head of Programming. Sottolano has spent his entire career at Audacy, Entercom and CBS Radio.

DLC Media has filed an application with the FCC to sell WVIG 95.9 to Educational Media Foundation. The sale of the station will leave DLC with four Terre Haute area radio stations with some programming and format changes.

(By Ed Ryan) Since our story about Cumulus mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for employees ran yesterday, we've heard from quite a few industry executives about the issue. Like the debate going on nationally, we heard varying, passionate and some angry opinions one way or the other. And they were all "off-the-record."

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.