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From Dierks Bentley and Jon Pardi performing at The Ryman to Thomas Rhett, who played opening night of CRS at the Amazon Music sponsored event, the gratitude from country artists was clear; thank you for playing our songs.

In between songwriters thanking radio for playing their songs, Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti handed out plaques, sponsored by SONY Nashville, to Radio’s top 35 Country Program Directors Thursday night. The event was held during Bob Kingsley’s Acoustic Alley at The Country Radio Seminar.

(By Michael Doyle) Want to know the difference between making sales and creating business relationships? I’ve been married for forty years. Forty years. That’s not making a sale, that’s having a relationship.

(By James Bahm) What does a Disney character have to do with business and professional development? Plenty. There are many business prospects available to you, but unless they know who you are, what you do, and how much value you bring, they are not likely to reach out, talk with you.

PRX is offering a podcast development training program for health journalists, producers and storytellers in Africa. ,i>Africa Podcast Lab features six teams of audio creators representing three countries across the region: Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa.

The writers, producers, editors, and other storytellers at the iHeartPodcast Network, won voluntary recognition with the Writers Guild of America, East. The recognition comes after a third-party card check confirmed that an overwhelming majority of employees in the bargaining unit signed union cards with the Guild.

Trevor Morini has been named Vice President of Programming for iHeart's Raleigh market. In addition, Morini will also serve as Program Director for G105 (WDCG-FM).

The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters Network has produced a Black History Month audio campaign. NABOB partnered with Toyota on 'In Their Own Words'.

Beasley Media Group has promoted Cameron Moore to Program Director at WNKS-FM (KISS 95.1) in Charlotte. She will continue her current duties as Assistant Program Director and Music Director of WSOC-FM.

Denise Plante from KWBL 106.7 The Bull in Denver has launched a national campaign to support the American Cancer Society’s ResearcHERS campaign. She launched the effort in honor of her late father Frank Nelson who died in November after a battle with Cancer.