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Minnesota Public Radio will explore Asian racism during the pandemic. The hour long event is set for Tuesday, May 12 and is free and open to the public with prior registration.

Across California farm workers are able to get COVID information in their native languages. Radio stations are translating the information into one of several indigenous languages spoken by about a third of the farm workers.

Registration is open for The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters latest webinar. The webinar is being presented in partnership with the Media Sales Institute.

NPR and WAMU 88.5, Washington D.C. welcome a new host for national talk show 1A. Jenn White is moving from WBEZ in Chicago where she hosts middays and produces podcasts.

According to his daughter Celia Ingrid Farber, Barry Farber passed away Wednesday night at home at the age of 90. Here's the tweet Celia Farber posted last night...

That's what Saga CEO Ed Christian said Wednesday as earnings season begins in the midst of a devastating pandemic that has stunted ad revenue across the country. While hope may not be a strategy, it's clearly the hope of many that businesses get the all clear to open their doors sooner rather than later.

Research just released by Media Monitors details exactly how ugly its been over the past six weeks. Between April 13 and April 19, Department Store spending on radio is down 98%, Casinos and Hotels are off 89% and Telecom declined 78%.

The issue will soon be in the hands of the five FCC Commissioners. Public comment on whether or not to allow broadcasters to air geo-targeted programming is now closed and despite radio's big four companies trying to derail the plan, the majority of comments have been in favor of the idea.

Consultant Rick Fink from Ens Media joins us to discuss what salespeople should be doing as states start to open up again. What about remotes? And, what do advertisers think about the number of commercials radio stations play every hour? LISTEN

Whether or not you can play music during your podcast is always an interesting topic. It involves many organizations and rules that help make it one of the most complex and confusing issues in the podcasting space today.