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'On Air Fest' a storytelling, creativity in sound gathering, will be an in-person event this year. Participants and attendees will be required to have proof that all vaccinations have been completed by February 10, 2022; at least two weeks before the festival.

The Consumer Electronics Show begins today in Las Vegas. Radio Ink, along with QUU and several other companies, are sponsoring a reception for radio attendees at CES this Thursday.

Typically radio companies do not comment on personnel issues. However, Waterloo Media in Austin, wasn't going to allow former Afternoon Driver Dale Dudley get away with what they believed was fake news.

That's the word from NAB CEO Curtis LeGeyt from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last night. We had a chance to speak to LeGeyt, who was not only checking out the event to see how adjustments were being made to accommodate the latest COVID strain, he spoke to radio executives at a reception last night

Wells Fargo analyst Steven Cahill says he doesn't believe Audacy is set to improve quickly in 2022 and investors already fear the worst when it comes to radio losing share to digital. Cahill says Audacy's revenue recovery is taking longer than expected.

The five new markets for Eastlan are: Anchorage AK, Joplin/Pittsburg MO/KS, Parkersburg/Marietta WV/OH, Tri-Cities  (Richland/Pasco/Kennewick) WA and Tullahoma/Shelbyville TN.

(By Buzz Knight) In our continuing CES 2022 series I am pleased to present a conversation with my old pal Ben Arnold. He is the Executive Director, Industry Analyst for the NPD Group.

Every year at CRS there's a presentation on how the country music format is performing with consumers. The CRS 2022 research presentation from NuVoodoo will explore behaviors, trends, and tastes of country music consumers spanning Generation Z to Generation X. 

The NAB is now accepting entries for the 35th annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards. The awards honor community service efforts undertaken by radio stations throughout 2021.

GetUpside is back at number one on the Media Monitors list. The cash back app knocked Pfizer out of the top ten. Looking at the numbers: GetUpside (62.565), NHTSA (57,309), Babbel (47,301), Indeed (43,687), DuckDuckGo (40,232).