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Podcast Movement, the annual gathering of the podcast industry, has announced the sessions for this year’s Industry Track, presented by media research firm Coleman Insights. This year’s track will focus on branding and content.

iHeartMedia’s LGBTQ+ network will expand its reach in major cities across the nation, including Houston, Chicago, Denver, Boston, Tampa, Cleveland, Columbus, OH, Seattle, Miami, Cincinnati, Charlotte, NC, and Baltimore.

NEWS102.3 & AM740 KRMG are partnering with the American Red Cross in a two-day Red, White and You Blood Drive. The campaign launches on Thursday, June 27 and runs through Friday, June 28.

Nathan James has joined Adams Radio of Delmarva as Director of Marketing Partnerships and Promotions. He'll be responsible for all marketing and promotions for all 5 Adams brands in Salisbury – Ocean City.

The new product is called Air Check Coaching service. It offers individual, customized critique and feedback in one-hour air check sessions with Johnson's talent coaches Andy Meadows and Mike Shepard. The cost is $499 per session.

Entercom Chief Programming Officer Pat Paxton is on the cover of Radio Ink that comes out this week. Sporting an extremely impressive programming resume, Paxton oversees the Entercom team responsible for all content distributed on every Entercom radio station, as well as all digital and social media listener engagement strategies. Here's an excerpt from our interview which is only available to subscribers to Radio Ink Magazine

(By John Garziglia) The portion of the FCC’s new FM translator rules which allows an existing FM translator, upon a showing of interference, to apply to modify its facility to any channel in the same band, will be effective on August 13. Here's what you should know.

And that's good news for radio. The 2019 Smart Audio Report from Edison Research and NPR revealed that the number one request smart speaker owners make to their devices is to play music.

Krantz Media Group is partnering with Politicon for the annual bipartisan “Unconventional Political Convention." Last year, more than 10,000 fans took part in Politicon at the Los Angeles Convention Center. 2019 will be the fifth year for the event.

The St. Louis Post Dispatch has listed the local businesses it has determined to be among the best in the area for employees. Hubbard has a big presence in St. Louis.