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(By Michael Doyle) Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles classic book “Raving Fans” is one of my favorites to review when I need to turn around a radio business. I’ve had entire groups of employees read the short book about a man searching for examples of great customer service.

(By Loyd Ford) We all know those sales managers who want more, more, more. It’s always push, push, push, but how much does your personal psychology play in helping you sell more?

The NAB believes more needs to be done to protect Journalists from violence. NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt in a blog post writes- "Reporters deserve the right to report the news without fear or favor – and our democracy depends on it."

U.S moms are showing adjustment in their media habits, according to the Moms and Media 2022 report from The Research Moms of Edison Research. More moms are listening to radio and are using more hands-free assistance.

(Mike McVay) Disruption is nothing new to radio. Once a dynamic disruptor itself, the medium has been under attack for years, mostly since the mid-90s when the Internet invaded homes on a larger scale. There were early disruptors to radio. Anything that takes away Time Spent Listening is a disruptor.

Following the debut of Radio/TV veteran, Shannon Scott on Pacific Media Group’s KQMQ-FM as host of the Sunday Mele, the former PD and morning show host will expand his role with the company to host two additional shows, weekends on KUMU FM.

WDKX announced on Twitter that the radio station's co-founder Gloria Langston has died. Langston and her husband co-founded WDKX in 1974, which was the first Black-owned station in Rochester and one of the first Black-owned stations in New York State.

Morgan Murphy Media has promoted Tery Garras to Vice President of Radio. Garras has been the market manager for MMM’s radio cluster and digital agency in Spokane, WA since 2015 and has worked for the company for 21 years.

'Out Of Order with Stryker,' is expanding its affiliates with more than 20 additional iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide. Compass Media Networks syndicates the show that features the top 20 alternative rock songs in the country.

BMW drivers can create personalized Pandora Stations in the car, on models equipped with next gen SiriusXM with 360L radios. The Pandora Stations feature on SiriusXM with 360L radios is one of the technology enhancements that have been rolled out to BMW customers with properly equipped 2021 models.