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Another positive quarterly report from a public radio company. Townsquare CEO Bill Wilson says he's feeling pretty good about how the company's performing. With more of a focus on local, a highly lucrative digital division, and strong political ad revenue, Townsquare had an excellent fourth quarter in 2018 and it appears 2019 is looking strong as well.

Senior Vice President of Digital Content at Westwood One, Tim Sabean, is out with a new blog detailing how important creative is to driving sales. And as Sabean correctly points out, "the relationship between the listener and the host is intimate, and ads reach a captive, engaged listener." Sabean then explains how podcast hosts can make the strongest impact.

It's a five-part blog series that sheds light on how radio can survive and thrive in a connected world. The first blog is “Alexa, Are My Station’s Smart Speaker Promos Working?”

Are marketers and advertisers still gun-shy about placing a media buy with a regional Mexican station, given the "sexiness" of reggaetón and "trap" artists and the global pop stars more universally known by CMOs and brand managers? Not in California.

Alessandra Alarcón has been appointed President of SBS Entertainment as the company celebrates 35 years of operation. She became the sole producer of the Calibash event in Los Angeles in 2017, after joining SBS in 2014 as a Sales Associate. 

(By Rick Fink) The first murder suspect was TV. Then it was Walkmans, iPods, satellite radio, streaming, and even social media and Spotify and Pandora. All were supposedly poised to kill off radio. But radio is still here and not going anywhere.

Beasley has been promoted to the position of Corporate Digital Content Director for Local Markets at Beasley Media Group.

It’s a safe bet that Howard Stern’s upcoming book, Howard Stern Comes Again, will be a bestseller. Seeing how his first two were monsters and he's more popular than ever, and all.

Sun Broadcast Group has added two new mix shows: DJ Goofy Whitekid and DJ Grooves. The pair met in college at Penn State and have been on the radio for over a decade with two shows.

As the company winds down its bankruptcy proceeding, it has been filing monthly operating reports with the court. The latest report shows $326 million in revenue for December 2018. That's down from $343.7 million in November and $349.4 million in October.