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NAB CEO Gordon Smith interviewed three White House correspondents for an online session called "Covering the Biden White House." The conversation focused on the differences between the Trump and Biden administrations’ relationship with the press and other topics. Watch it HERE.

El Dorado Broadcasters' KATJ-FM in Victor Valley, California has hired Ginny Harman as Midday air personality. Harman began her career in Cleveland, and in her 25 years on the air, has worked in Nashville, Phoenix Milwaukee, Austin and Los Angeles.

PodcastOne has entered into a multi-year first look pact with Picture Perfect Federation. The agreement is for the development of scripted serial podcast content.

Audacy has put together its lineup for the IAB NewFronts and IAB Podcast Upfronts. The company will show off its scaled multi-platform audio content and entertainment offerings.

Long-time Edmonton media personality Daryl McIntyre is the new morning co-host at 630 CHED. McIntyre most recently served as a guest host in February 2021, and will team up with Chelsea Bird.

The iHeartMedia Private Marketplace allows brand advertisers to create their own unique, tailored marketplaces made up of their specific audience targets and pricing, to dial up and down across each year as their marketing needs require.

77 members of the House of Representatives and eight Senators have joined together to introduce resolutions in the new Congress opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. Many of them praised local radio in their hometown markets. 

The company was looking at strong comps in January and February of 2020 before the bottom fell out in March when the pandemic grabbed the American way of life by the throat. In January and February revenue was down 21% compared to 2020. March revenue was up 3.9% over March 2020.

It's a strange economy out there. As Americans edge closer to a post-pandemic normal way of life, automobiles sales are strong, gas prices are rising, restaurants are struggling to find workers and the government is running a campaign to get people to take the vaccine.

(By Buzz Knight) There are many important core values that should permeate your organization. Transparency is important so the organization always knows where the business is headed.