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Integr8 Research has released its third of five blogs from a new study called “The Alexa Effect: How Radio Can Thrive in a Connected World.” In this latest piece, entitled “Are Smart Speakers Really Replacing Radios?" the research company says by next year there will be more smart speakers in the home than radios for some listening demos.

MSG Networks and ESPN New York 98.7FM have announced a new multi-year agreement, ensuring that 98.7FM continues to serve as the radio home of the NBA's New York Knicks and the NHL's New York Rangers. The station has been the radio home of the Knicks and Rangers since 2004.

Greenville, SC’s Fox Sports 1440 and ESPN Asheville 1400 have signed a broadcast agreement with the Atlanta Braves, and will be the official Atlanta Braves Radio Network affiliates in Greenville, SC, and Asheville, NC.

Westwood One’s Red Eye Radio is turning up the heat in Louisville as it celebrates its 50th anniversary at this year’s Mid-America Trucking Show. The golden anniversary celebration will feature a guest appearance by Grammy-winning Country singer Gretchen Wilson.

Mason City, Iowa’s KIAI held its St. Jude Radiothon February 21-22 at Window World of Mason City, and raised $69,053 — over $1,000 more than last year and their highest total ever.

Grammy winner Joe Diffie isn’t giving up his music career, and he'll still play his full slate of gigs, but Griffin Communications has pulled off a coup signing Diffie as a new voice for Big Country 99.5 in Tulsa, OK.

The nationally syndicated Free Beer and Hot Wings Show has added Kelly Cheesborough to the lineup as co-host and Producer, beginning April 1.

It's a multi-year deal with digital media company LiveXLive Media that combines content, production, distribution, and promotion. The partnership gives LiveXLive exclusive global live-streaming rights for 17 iHeartRadio marquee events this year

This story will have many managers across the country firing up their computers to make sure their online public file is current. The FCC is investigating Entercom after a complaint was filed against the company's Buffalo cluster claiming a Congressional candidate was overcharged in 2018.

WAMO-FM in Pittsburgh was burglarized Monday. According to GM Jamal Woodson, over $10,000 worth of equipment was taken. The station posted a surveillance video on Facebook which shows a man wandering around the station, to make sure nobody's there, before he walks off with computers, speakers, microphones and other equipment.