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(By Rick Fink) While reading a story on customer satisfaction with products, it dawned on me that the reasons people stay loyal to certain products or brands are the same reasons that business owners stay loyal to their media reps and stations.

(By Loyd Ford) It gets really sticky when you are in a sales slump. You start to doubt yourself. Others on your sales team may look at you differently. Your brain will surely try to trick you into thinking this is permanent, and you deserve it, but you don’t.

(By Marc Greenspan) Grow your revenue by getting your existing clients to buy more spots! This sounds simple, but you need data to demonstrate the value of this investment to justify your request to the advertiser.

Edison Research and Triton Digital will present The Infinite Dial® 2022 Canada in a webinar June 30. This is the 5th annual iteration of the study on digital trends north of the border.

(By Mike McVay) Who hasn’t heard the expression “Lawyers ruined radio?” Usually, it is spoken after you’ve been turned down for a promotion that you wanted to execute, the rejection of a talent or seller you wanted to hire, or an appearance that you wanted to execute has been deemed inappropriate for the station.

Skyview Networks’ CT 40 with Fitz is offering a special program the July 4th Holiday Weekend. CT 40 Let Freedom Sing 4th of July is a special holiday edition of the weekly CT 40 with Fitz Countdown.

That nugget of information was detailed in an SEC filing by Urban One on Friday. Last week Emmis and Urban One announced that Alfred Liggins' company would be purchasing the last remaining radio cluster from Emmis, which has been exiting the radio business over the last several years.

Popular Fort Myers morning show host Jason Jones, also known as Big Mama, has officially qualified to run for the Lee County Florida School Board and has been off the air since June 10th.

Cherry Creek Media Group PD Mark Elliott says he will not be joining Townsquare Media, now that the acquisition has been approved by the FCC. He'll be moving back to Mark Elliott Media, a consultancy he started in 2007 and operated until 2015 before joining Cherry Creek Media 7 years ago.

The Score AM 790 (WPRV-AM) will be the first Sports and Sports Betting radio station in the Providence market. AM 790 Talk and Business will flip to The Score August 8th.