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(By Art Vuolo) When your middle name really is Records, you know you were destined to be on the radio. Back in the '90s, radio talent coach Dan O’Day proclaimed that “more young guys were influenced to become radio DJs by John Records Landecker than anyone else in the business.”

Thanks to 7 Mountains Market Manager Sean O'Mealy for sending in today's great station promo. Sean says this digital inbound marketing promo was written and produced by Creative Director Rob Frazier for the 7 Mountains cluster in Selinsgrove/Bloomsburg, PA.  

How far will radio go to be part of the exploding sports gambling market? Dan Mason and David Gow hope the industry will go very far. Both have deep backgrounds with sports on the radio and both are now betting that a new phase of growth for the industry will come from sports gambling.

The Local Radio Freedom Act continues to garner support in Congress. Nine Members of the House of Representatives and one Senator have added their cosponsorship, bringing total support to 175 cosponsors in the House and 22 in the Senate.

The 2nd Annual Beasley Radio Talent Institute is an intense 10-day program for students, interns, and young professionals that will take place at Emerson College in Boston.

According to research conducted by the Radio Television Digital News Association and Lawrence Herbert School of Communication at Hofstra University, both persons of color and women have made gains in radio newsrooms.

Maggie Corry, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee’s membership manager for the last three years, has been named the non-commercial station’s Development Director. Before going to 88Nine, Corry served as a fundraising consultant.

The latest episode of Bob Pittman’s Math & Magic: Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing features Ben Lerer, CEO of Group Nine Media, a digital holding parent company to popular digital brands, including The Dodo, Seeker, Thrillist, and NOWThis.

Chicago media reporter Robert Feder is reporting that Entercom Chicago, a cluster of 8 stations, is letting eight people go to help the company trim expenses. Feder even quotes an internal memo from Market Manager Jimmy deCastro.

Wednesday’s sold-out UJA-Federation of New York’s annual Music Visionary of the Year Award Luncheon honored Bob Pittman, Rich Bressler, John Sykes, and Tom Poleman.