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A showcase this Wednesday, March 13, at Austin’s Barracuda club during South by Southwest, will feature up-and-coming artists selected by Milwaukee’s Backline.

WAQX's Scott “dXn” Dixon was inducted into the Syracuse Area Music Awards Hall of Fame on Thursday, March 7, at the Palace Theater in Syracuse, NY.

In a quite unique move, The John Batchelor Show will air live from the Republic of Azerbaijan on 77 WABC Radio the week of March 11.

The podcast Bomber, tells the story of how law enforcement hunted down the 2018 Austin serial bomber. Hosted by Tegna journalist Jason Puckett, the first episode, “A Loud Boom,” is set to debut Friday, March 15.

Robert Lee's column about the death of AM Radio kept many of you busy Friday. Lee's call for the FCC to move AM signals to the FM band and close off AM Radio for good yielded over 70 reader comments. On Tuesday we'll have audio of Lee responding to some of those comments. In case you missed the column and the comments, CLICK HERE. Also, check out this string about the column on Facebook.

On Sunday night Fox News Host Tucker Carlson responded to off-color remarks he made while on the Bubba-The-Love-Sponge show a decade ago. Carlson was a regular on Bubba's show back then. Media Matters dug up the comments.

(By Robert Lee) Now, as the FCC undertakes its important Quadrennial Review, I would again implore Chairman Pai and the Commissioners to walk away from the past, lay AM radio to rest, and move all the AM stations to an all-digital, expanded FM band in the television channels' 5 and 6 spectrum.

The California chain of stations known as Radio Lazer has debuted “a heartwarming, fun, and sometimes crazy morning show,” Tus Mañanas Lazer con La Tequi y Don Hercu.

Alpha Media's National Director of Digital Content, Ernie Martinez, is to play a dual role having just been named Energy 94.1 (KTFM) Program Director.

(Deborah Parenti) Radio and radio platforms can inspire, and on their best days represent, a uniquely personal connection that not only entertains and informs, but serves as a conduit between humans seeking to peek at the world beyond their immediate neighborhood.