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Colorado Public Radio has welcomed five new members to its board of directors. The new members are Linda Appel Lipsius, Ricardo Baca, Lori Bergen, Steve ErkenBrack and Sherisse Hawkins.

The ratings firm reports that in the May 2021 PPM survey the industry saw gains in listening across the aggregate of markets as the country continues to reopen and consumers fall back into their routines. According to Nielsen radio’s weekly reach is now at its highest levels since March 2020

Spanish Broadcasting System announced on Wednesday that it has named Albert Rodriguez to the position of President of SBS, succeeding Raúl Alarcón, who has served in that capacity since 1985. 

Data shared with the industry on Wednesday from Edison Research’s Share of Ear shows that 47% of all Americans age 13 and older now subscribe to at least one paid audio service. Thats over double what the total was in 2015, when 23% had a paid subscription.

'Coaching You into a Brand' is the latest endeavor of programming vet Elroy Smith. He's put together an eight-session curriculum focused on turning on-air personalities or podcasters into a brand.

Former WNYC reporter Fred Mogul says he was wrongly terminated from the station and has filed a defamation and wrongful termination lawsuit. Mogul says he included two sentences of AP copy in a draft version of his story, it was never included in the final story, and he believed he was following WNYC's style guide.

Jim Winston says the Local Radio Freedom Act "reinforces crucial protections from burdensome performance royalty fees that would further devastate black owned broadcasters during an already incredibly difficult time." In THIS LETTER, Winston is urging members not to pass a new tax on local radio stations.

Skyview Networks has you covered. Country Top 40 with Fitz and B-Dub Radio are both ready to help stations celebrate America with specials full of country music’s superstars, special stories and great music.

KCBS All News Radio in San Francisco has won a national Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award for Best Radio Breaking News Reporting for its protest coverage following the death of George Floyd.

The KC & Ron Radio Show on Classic Rock 98.3 (KTWS-FM) is celebrating it's 25th year on Central Oregon airwaves. 'The Twins', KC Caldwell and Ron Alvarez, have been doing mornings since 1996.