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Before they are honored by the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation as Giants of Broadcasting, Suzyn Waldman and David Donovan sat down with Benztown President and LABF co-chair Dave "Chachi" Denes for two new episodes of Chachi Loves Everybody.

Zeb Norris is going home. Point Broadcasting has named him Program Director and morning host at Santa Barbara's Quality Rock station 99.9 KTYD, returning him to the frequency where he first worked overnights back in 1976, five decades before this new chapter began.

Christian radio ministries may welcome AI as a faster, cheaper production tool, but NRB President and CEO Troy Miller warns the risks grow as the technology starts sounding human, from deepfaked sermons to listeners who trust chatbots over pastors.

When cell towers fail in a disaster, emergency alerts can arrive hours late or not at all. Xperi's Jeff Jury argues the fix is already sitting in most new car dashboards, pitching HD Radio's digital alerts as a multilingual, location-aware backstop that keeps working when phones go dark.

(Deborah Parenti) This month’s issue celebrates managers: the guardians of the license, occasional arbiter between programming and sales, and station cheerleader. Like so many roles in radio today, however, the manager is becoming something of an endangered species.

Football season means one thing for sports radio: the deepest, most attentive fanbase across any platform. Yet again, a nationwide study has found NFL diehards gravitate toward audio over TV, treating the pregame, postgame, and daily conversation as part of the ritual.

(Randy Lane) Jerry Seinfeld wrote every episode of Seinfeld longhand, on a yellow legal pad, with a blue Bic pen. He still writes that way. He's said the flashing cursor on a screen makes him anxious, like it's asking, "So, whaddaya got?" Why start with pen and paper?

Ask a local advertiser which social platform is dying, and the answer comes fast. Ask where the growth is, and most will point to video. Borrell Associates' latest small business research says the real gainer is far less flashy, and it is pulling actual ad dollars.

This week's Radio Ink Blast From The Past comes from Jack Swart, pictured in 1979 as PD of WBNQ in Bloomington, IL. Send your Blast From The Past story and photo to Editor-in-Chief Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured in Radio Ink.

One of the founding voices of The Current is heading back to morning drive, this time trading indie rock for Beethoven. Steve Seel has been named host of the weekday Morning Show on YourClassical MPR 99.5 (KSJN) in the Twin Cities, succeeding John Birge.