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Public Radio station WNYC's broadcasts from 9/11 were inducted into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry this week. The station broadcast the chaotic first details of the attack on the World Trade Center from its studios just blocks away.

RAB and Provoke Insights have launched a partnership focused on providing broadcasters with additional knowledge and insights into the consumer mindset as well as better understanding audio’s role in shopping behaviors. The new primary research will focus on key advertising categories for radio.

'Sympathy Pains' is a new true-crime podcast from independent journalist Laura Beil telling the story of a woman who faked illnesses for nearly 20 years. Beil specializes in medicine, health policy and science and reported and hosted the podcast, 'Dr. Death'.

vCreative has teamed up with Waymark to offer radio stations to easily sell and create OTT and digital video assets on behalf of local advertisers. vCreative is a workflow solutions company for radio and Waymark brings an AI-powered video creation platform to the table.

The College Athletes Network (CAN) has teamed up with iHeartMedia, to launch a new college sports centered podcast slate hosted by the athletes themselves. 'Walkie TalkieZ' will give listeners an insight into what life is like in the world of big-time college sports.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau reports that advertising spending on all digital platforms in 2021 jumped $50 billion to $189 billion. Digital audio saw the largest increase, up 57.9% to $4.9 billion.

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation announced the winners of the 47th Annual Gracie Awards which will return in-person on May 24th at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. Here are all the radio winners...

We reported in March of 2021 that 48-year old Justin Frazell, who worked at Country station KFWR-FM in Fort Worth for 20 years, was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a teenager at his home during a New Years Eve party. He will not serve jail time.

49-year old ESPN Louisville host Andrew Deener avoids jail by taking a plea in a domestic violence charge from last month. He was accused of slamming his girlfriend's head into a car at a restaurant during a dispute. The complaint was amended to disorderly conduct.

iHeartMedia continues to break into the world of Web3. The company is creating the Non-Fun Squad, a non fungible token based media franchise and shared media universe comprised of characters across existing profile picture NFT collections. They are also launching a new podcast network