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Radio Ink President and Publisher Deborah Parenti honored superstar Emilio Estefan with the Medallas de Cortez Distinguished Leadership Award at the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference in Miami last night. The 19-time Grammy Award winner thanked radio for playing the music and artists he helped develop and called the United States the greatest country in the world.

(By Adam Jacobson) The endless commercial break. How bad is it? Is the stopset slog a problem for Hispanic radio? Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan probed four of the industry’s top executives as the moderator of the Hispanic Radio Executive Leadership Roundtable on Wednesday afternoon at the Hispanic Radio Conference in Miami.

The 2021 winners of the Medallas de Cortez awards for excellence in Hispanic Radio were announced Wednesday evening at the Hispanic Radio Conference, taking place this week at the Intercontinental at Doral in Miami. Here are the 2021 winners...

After telling customers to go with manual logs for Wednesday and Thursday, Marketron notified customers yesterday that significant progress has been made toward restoring service for Marketron Traffic and Visual Traffic after a cyberattack last weekend.

(By Barry O’Brien) I first met Dick in the mid 80’s when Bill Clark and Dwight Case hired Dick for the R&R sales department in Los Angeles. I was in charge of sales on the East Coast in R&R’s Washington, DC Bureau.

Big Horn Radio in Wyoming, owned by Larry and Susan Patrick, announced the passing of host Darian Dudrick after a sudden illness. He leaves behind his wife, April, and two children, Kaitlyn and Christian. The Patrick's released the following statement…

The Dean and Associate Deans of the Broadcast Leadership Training Program; are urging the reinstatement of the tax certificate program. They have sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urging support of the legislation.

The small-town drama series Friday Night Lights is the focus of a new weekly podcast from Cadence13 and Black Barrel Media. 'Clear Eyes, Full Hearts: A Friday Night Lights Rewatch' is hosted by Derek Phillips, and Stacey Oristano; who portrayed Billy Riggins and Mindy Collette-Riggins on the show.

iHeartMedia Miami’s 940 AM WINZ, Miami’s Sports Station, is now Fox Sports 940 Miami. The full slate of network programs will run along with MLB Marlins games, and Florida Gators Football and Basketball.

The Arizona Coyotes announced Wednesday that the team has signed a multi-year agreement with Bonneville Phoenix to broadcast all Coyotes regular season and playoff games on 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station or ESPN 620 AM.