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iHeartMedia’s 2018 iHeartRadio Wango Tango will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest. It will be the first concert held at the all-new Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, on Saturday, June 2.

The latest print issue of Radio Ink is out. In it we reveal radio's Top 20 leaders. These are the executives radio's rank-and-file voted for as the people they love to work for. They are the people who know how to motivate their teams to success. They are winning at sales, programming, and management and mentoring their employees to greatness.

(By Bob McCurdy) We all know about radio’s great reach story but does the rate at which that “reach” builds, often referred to as “reach velocity,” matter? To many advertisers it does. Particularly those that are touting time-sensitive events or marketing fast-moving consumer goods.


(By Little Tommy Sablan) 

Screening a phone call is the single most important thing to learn when you are putting together the sound of your morning show. Whether you are a one-person show or an ensemble, the art of screening a call must be perfected. (Our thanks to The Randy Lane Company for sharing this great article)

(By Ronald Robinson) A glance at the back lot of almost every radio station will reveal a leaning, dilapidated, tool shed. Bleached-out and rotting, with overgrown roots barring the door better than any Master Lock padlock. What was once a shiny, corrugated metal roof is now rusted and festooned with crow droppings.

Our thanks to Rod Schwartz in Pullman, Washington for introducing us to Chris Clark, owner of Windermer Real Estate. Clark has been in real estate sales for 15 years and says he's been consistently using radio to build his business, and sell himself, and the fact the he does has everything to do with the relationship with Rod Schwartz. Here's our Monday morning advertiser success story with Chris Clark. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media).

ASCAP has named Nick Lehman Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy & Digital Officer, reporting directly to ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews. Lehman most recently worked as Chief Strategy Officer for TEGNA.

Not many stations are left that can say they've carried the same format for 5 decades. Beasley's WMMR in Philadelphia will celebrate 50 years Sunday, April 29th. The station will begin celebrating its 50th birthday today. Here's how...

Beasley Media Group has hired Travis Daily as Tampa Operations Manager and PD of WQYK 99.5FM. Daily spent the past 17 years at iHeartMedia, where he most recently served as Senior VP of Programming in Tampa and Sarasota.

Gill Santos passed away last week, on his 80th birthday and 57th wedding anniversary. Santos started working Patriots' games for WBZ in Boston in 1966 as an analyst. He took over play-by-play duties in 1971. Santos called 743 games in 36 seasons.