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With the 2023 NFL Draft starting Thursday, April 27, at 7p ET, Audacy has announced its coverage plans. While a national Audacy Draft Show streams on the app, Audacy markets that house their own NFL teams will have individualized first-round coverage for local fans.

Westwood One’s Audio Active Group released a comprehensive analysis of listening data from various sources of the 82 million Americans still listen to AM radio each month. In that data was a surprising fact about Ford drivers - one that could haunt the company as they phase out all AM.

The National Association of Broadcasters has filed a petition in federal court seeking to compel the FCC to complete its 2018 quadrennial review of broadcast ownership rules, as required by law. The stalled quadrennial review is at the heart of the deregulation argument, among other debates.

With NAB Show 2023 fully wrapped up and all attendees, speakers, and exhibitors back home to business as usual, Radio Ink reached out to some of this year's participants from around the industry to summarize their experiences. Today from the C-Suite: Mary DelGrande and Pierre Bouvard.

Morgan Murphy Media’s QueenB Radio has appointed Jen Kasper as the Market Manager for their radio group in Platteville, WI. With over 29 years of experience in radio, Kasper has been with QueenB Radio for 16 years as Director of Sales. The group covers SW Wisconsin, Galena, Illinois, and Dubuque, Iowa.

Charlamagne Tha God and iHeartRadio held the first-ever Black Effect Podcast Festival on April 22 in Atlanta, GA. The festival showcased Black voices in the podcast industry and included live podcast recordings from popular shows.

Pop star Meghan Trainor apologized for disparaging teachers during a recent episode of her podcast, Workin’ On It. The comment came during a discussion on sending children to school in America amid mass shootings and active shooter drills.

Trans-rights advocate and educator Schuyler Bailar has joined Division Audio with Dear Schuyler. The podcast discusses how gender, mental health, and civil rights impact the daily lives of the LGBTQ+ community with guests from sports, pop culture, and beyond.

QCODE and Criminal Content are launching a new historical-fiction podcast series, The Foxes of Hydesville, starring and executive produced by Carey Mulligan and created by Shawn Christensen. The 9-episode series is inspired by the true story of the Fox sisters.

FCC audit season is officially underway. The Enforcement Bureau has issued the first Equal Employment Opportunity audit letters for 2023. Each year, about five percent of all radio stations are randomly chosen for EEO audits. Here's what all selected stations need to do.