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(By Rick Fink) You’re about to go into a meeting with a new prospect where you will be conducting the ever-important CNA, or as I like to refer to it as, “asking questions session”. This is where you are about to learn everything you need so that you can go back to the office and put a complete presentation together.

(By Mike McVay) A recent conversation with a PD set my head a spinning. This individual and I were discussing the ratings struggle of their once highly rated morning show. The PD opined “this show just isn’t that good.” That comment really hit me the wrong way on so many levels.

Dan Westhoff has retired after 35 years on WBWN-FM in Bloomington. Westhoff was also Ops Manager for Cumulus Media in Bloomington. According to The Pantagraph Westhoff began his radio career in 1987 right out of high school at WMLA in Bloomington.

Neil Young’s latest website post directs his fans to subscribe to Amazon Music to stream his entire catalog, with a free 4-month access code. Check out his post HERE.

Joni Mitchell said she decided to remove all of her music from Spotify in support of Neil Young. Young gave Spotify an ultimatum, either they dump Joe Rogan or he'd pull his music from the streamer. Spotify went with their $100 million podcaster.

LWC Studios is joining with Sounds Profitable, as a new 'The Podcasting, Seriously Awards Fund' partner. Sounds Profitable is a source for podcast advertising and ad tech education and news.

The agenda for CRS 2022 has been released and it includes 18 panels, along with mentoring sessions and record label luncheons. The Country Radio Seminar 2022 is set for February 23-25, 2022 at the Omni in Nashville, Tennessee.

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva will be hosting a weekend program on KFI-AM 640 in LA. 'Live and Unscripted with LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva' will air Sunday evenings on the iHeart station.

Shortly after Spotify announced it was removing Neil Young's music over the Joe Rogan kerfuffle, SiriusXM announced the limited return of Neil Young Radio featuring Young's music and stories from the rocker himself. Neil Young Radio will run for 7 days on channel 27.

The National Association of Broadcasters had been pushing for President Joe Biden's FCC nominee Gigi Sohn to recuse herself from several broadcast issues. The NAB was concerned about her time as a board member of Locast, a nonprofit which was ordered to shut down after illegally streaming programming.