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He is familiar to Radio Ink readers as a columnist and to the industry as an esteemed radio advertisement specialist focused on recruitment spots. Now, he's planning to pivot, ending a nearly 40-year career in the field.

In prepared testimony distributed ahead of his appearance Wednesday at a Senate Commerce Committee FCC Oversight Hearing, its first since 2022, Brendan Carr applauded Committee Chairman Ted Cruz and Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey for their leadership on the "AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act."

The Hubbard Radio Classic Rocker serving the Windy City and northern suburbs toward Racine, Wisc., has raised a significant amount of dollars to local pet-related causes through its ninth annual "Operation Santa Paws" fundraising event. 

A Cleveland FM radio station owned by Audacy raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in a fundraiser conducted on Friday that resulted in additional support to UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. 

The Classic Hits radio station owned by Audacy serving its home market of Philadelphia is celebrating a big — no pun intended — fundraising total in support of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

It's the end of the comment period for the long-delayed 2022 Quadrennial Review of the FCC's rules, and that's led the NAB to reiterate its calls for the Carr Commission to modernize outdated local radio ownership rules.

It's billing itself as the first radio station programmed entirely by local streaming activity. Introducing "Streamz 100.5," powered by an HD2 facility serving Montgomery, Ala., basing its playlist on listener streaming data. The result? A specific sound shaped directly by community listening behavior.

Good news for radio sales leaders: nearly eight in ten sellers say they trust their manager, and that trust is leading to increasing retention, per a new study. Younger sellers, however, are signaling a different set of expectations that extends beyond commission alone.

Today is the deadline to comment on the FCC's 2022 Quadrennial Review of radio ownership caps, and with a flood of opinions inbound in the next few hours, one New York and Florida operator has already submitted his call for relaxing current restrictions.

(Paige Nienaber) Radio is not entirely outstanding at looking down the line and preparing for large opportunities. For instance, the 2026 Winter Olympics happen in February in Italy. I’d have my radar up for...