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Steve Bannon is turning his radio show into a platform for MAGA midterm candidates. The John Fredericks Radio Network will air the daily one-hour show in states with hotly contested races.

Gordon Borrell and Corey Elliott use the latest episode of Local Marketing Trends to look at how Gen Z is bringing digital marketing savvy to the table. The episode features an interview with a young media mogul.

Jen Townley has joined Dan Potter as co-host of KRMG Morning News in Tulsa. She most recently served as a news producer for FOX23 (KOKI-TV), KRMG’s sister news station.

A report in Billboard says BMI has hired Goldman Sachs to advise the company on how to move forward, which could include being sold. The report says other options include a refinance or a merger with another company.

A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Hubbard Radio in the case involving former Chicago morning man Eric Ferguson. Melissa McGurren, who worked at WTMX-FM for over two decades, filed the suit.

(By Randy Lane) Loyalty programs are big business for airlines. Pre-pandemic in 2019, Delta’s Sky Miles revenue topped all airlines at $9.1 billion! Since Covid, thousands of businesses survived and thrived through well-crafted loyalty programs.

(By Mike McVay) Radio has faced many different forms of competition over the years. In our more than 100 years of existence, we’ve seen FM listening overwhelm AM listening.

(By Loyd Ford) If you are a radio seller, you never get any objections today, do you? Right. Potential clients are well-armed with a variety of ways to say, “No thanks.”

New South Radio’s Jackson, Mississippi cluster aired their 21st annual Mississippi Miracles Radiothon at Children’s of MS Hospital March 2-4 and raised a whopping $441,544 dollars for the state’s only hospital for children.

Rejoice! 96.9 listeners were able to raise $11,052 for the kids of St. Jude. Because of events like the station's annual radiothon, St. Jude patients and families will never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food. WGTK-FMHD3 is a Salem Media Group station in Greenville-Spartanburg, SC.