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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

Cindy Rollison is the new Market Manager for Cumulus Tri-Cities, TN (Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol). Rollison replaces Debbie Caso who retired after 43 years. Rollison starts her new job Monday, April 18, 2022.  

Former NAB CEO Gordon Smith has been nominated by the Beasley Media Group Board of Directors to be added to the slate of Directors to be presented at the annual shareholders meeting on May 25th. The official unanimous vote took place during the company’s Board of Director’s meeting on March 31, 2022.

The Net Worth of Networking is the April offering of the CRS360 Webinar Series. The webinar will focus on the best networking methods in any setting, both in-person and virtually.