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(By Buzz Knight) NAB 2022 is upon us in the coming days and it is critical that the Radio industry needs to reflect on its current position in the media ecosystem and most importantly find ways to arm itself for the years ahead.

Nielsen updated its Consumer Sentiment Study in March to examine how audio fits into people’s current feelings about COVID-19 and the state of the recovery in their hometown. Nielsen will reveal those findings, plus fresh information on consumer shopping habits, employment, education, vaccines and price increases. Register HERE

Transgender journalist Stel Kline no longer works at South Dakota Public Broadcasting. Kline posted to Twitter that the firing was for not being objective and having a problem with authority.

Audacy has announced that Talk Radio 1210 WPHT Philadelphia on-air host Sid Mark has died. Mark had a radio career over 6 decades long, 22 of those years at WPHT. The cause of death was not announced. Mark was 88.

Longtime jazz radio host Bob Perkins will retire from full-time hosting on WRTI-FM in Philadelphia in June. WRTI-FM is the public radio station at Temple University where Perkins has been on the air since 1997.

The National Association of Broadcasters has announced the results of the 2022 NAB Radio and Television Board elections. The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin in June 2022.

The next Radio Advertising Bureau webinar is focused on helping radio sellers effectively prospect and better understand the opportunities within the real estate category. The latest Business Accelerated webinar is today at 12PM CT.

La Mega Media and Steel City Media have partnered to bring the first Spanish language radio station to serve the growing Hispanic community in Pittsburgh. La Mega 92.9 HD2 (WLTJ) debuts May 1st.

Jon Hamm plays an FBI agent in the John Mankiewicz produced dramatic audio series 'The Big Lie'. The seven-part series produced by Audible and Fresh Produce Media focuses on the making of the 1954 film Salt of the Earth during the "Red Scare" days in Tinseltown.

Frank Bell is the new morning host on B98.7/KBEE-FM, Salt Lake City. The market veteran was most recently weekend host for B98.7. He was also a part of the KBEE-FM lineup in the 90s.