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University President, Dr Bashar Hanna, will welcome 25 students from seven universities today at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, for the 10-day Confer Radio Talent Institute.

(By Randy Lane) Nothing can cap the growth of a radio show or podcast more than a lack of conflict and contrast. In order for your listeners to remain engaged, they need to feel compelled to take a stand, join a side, or hope for a resolution.

(By Bob McCurdy) No matter where we are in our careers today, there are a few decisions that we can make immediately, that if positively acted upon, could greatly impact it moving forward.

(By Rick Fink) If you ask a retail business owner today who their biggest competitor is you are likely to hear them say, Amazon! While that may not be true for all retailers, the fact is Amazon’s cut into the retail pie has hurt many local retail business owners and ultimately hurt many local towns, communities, and cities.

(By Charlie Sislen) To most veteran radio advertisers, weekends are perceived as a bonus. Worse, a throw-in that helps to bring in the primetime cost per point. This creates the perception that weekends have no value. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The keynote address will be delivered by Fay Ferguson, Co-CEO of Burrell Communications Group. Burrell is the African-American advertising agency responsible for McDonalds, Walmart, P&G, Comcast, and several others.

Adams Radio of Delmarva has hired Don Harrison as its new Brand Manager for heritage rockers WZBH (The Beach) and WGBG (BIG 107.7) in Salisbury – Ocean City.

Sports network SB Nation Radio (owned by Gow Media) has added The Main Event with Cody Stoots and Jake Asman to its lineup, beginning July 22. Both jocks are already employed by the network.

John Walton from the iHeart Houston team of Walton & Johnson has passed. The duo was part of talk station KPRC. His partner Steve Johnson posted the following message to the station website...

On Thursday, Yankee play-by-play man John Sterling turns 81. He's been a little under the weather lately and has decided to get some rest. Sterling has not missed calling a Yankee game for 30 years.