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BMSC Media’s WNAV Annapolis, MD is adding “The Yacht Club” to the station starting Sunday, May 22. Baltimore area radio personality Meredith Marx hosts the program focusing on music from 1970-1991.

“The Unimaginable” is a podcast about phenomenal encounters and the life altering decisions people make because of them. Host and musician James Brown investigates unusual perspectives born out of the unimaginable.

WPLN Nashville Public Radio and ProPublica’s joint investigation of the juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, is a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize’s feature writing category.

Your Public Radio (WYPR), Baltimore’s NPR news station will welcome Zshekinah Collier to its newsroom starting on June 1, 2022. The addition is part of Report for America, the national service program that places emerging journalists into local news organizations to report on under-covered issues and communities.

Robert "Bob" Romanik, known as the "Grim Reaper of Radio" has died. The controversial host and once owner of four radio stations, died after a long battle with cancer.

CEO David Field called it a great first quarter with overall revenue up 14% to $175 million. Digital was up 16%, spot radio increased 14% and local radio ad revenue climbed 18%. Field also said podcasting revenue was up 37%.

That increase included a 35.5% increase in digital revenue, which now makes up 14% of Beasley's total revenue. Comparing Q1 revenue to the pre-pandemic year of 2019, revenue was down $2 million, or 3.4%. Total revenue in the quarter was $55.7 million. 

In his latest blog post, Cumulus' Pierre Bouvard details a new study conducted by Cumulus and Nielsen for a national office supply chain. The study showed how effective radio was for the advertiser, increasing sales by 11% and share of category by 15%. Read the Bouvard blog HERE.

The Deadline for Early Bird Registration for the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference is Friday, May 13. Save $300 by signing up now for the Hispanic Radio's Premier Event.

The IAB reported today that podcast ad revenue grew 2X faster in 2021 (+72%) than the total internet ad market according to the sixth annual IAB U.S. Podcast Advertising Revenue study, prepared for the IAB by PricewaterhouseCoopers. 2021 revenue for podcasting came in at $1.4 billion, according to the report.