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The iHeartRadio Podcast Awards ceremony will take place on January 13, 2022 at the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles. Voting will begin December 13 and run through January 2, 2022. Here are all the 2022 nominees...

That's according to BIA Chief Economist Mark Fratrik who says, according to the firm’s U.S. Local Advertising Forecast Report, local radio advertising revenue in 2022 will hit $12.7 billion, $11 billion from over the air and $1.7 billion from digital. How does that compare to 2021?

BIA Advisory Services is forecasting that, for the first time, mobile advertising spending (21%) will surpass direct mail (20.7%) as the top media advertising platform in 2022.

After rebounding 23.7% in 2021, that followed a decline of over 27% in 2020, Borrell & Associates is reporting local advertising revenue for radio will decline 4.6% in 2022. Who will the big winners be?

The Museum of Broadcast Communications announced a new exhibit for the museum called A Century of Radio. It opens October 28th, the same day as the museum's 2021 Radio Hall of Fame Induction.

Nearly half of media sales representatives expect their forecasted local-direct sales revenue will finish 2021 “significantly higher” than in 2020. That is one of the take-aways from a new survey from Ohio based SalesFuel.

A wise General Manager once said 'If five people are gathering we should be there.' Remotes are still a staple of a successful radio station. Listeners want to engage with their local personalities, something Pandora and Spotify will never be able to provide.

The 2021 Country Radio Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony being held Wednesday night is sold out. The ceremony, at the Westin in Nashville, will be broadcast live on the Country Radio Seminar Facebook page HERE beginning at 8PM Central.

Buck Sexton, co-host of The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show was honored by The Metropolitan Republican Club. Established in 1902, it is the largest GOP club in New York.

The New York Times is making audio a big part of its future. The newspaper is now working to incorporate all of its audio journalism into its digital experiences. Today The Times is recruiting testers to participate in a new app it's creating.