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(By Ed Ryan) Lee's column about AM being dead woke up quite a few of our readers late last week. Comments flooded our website through the weekend, and, while I did have to delete a few due vulgarity, most of them made excellent points. I thought it would be a good idea to get Lee on tape to respond to some of them The interview HERE is about 10 minutes long.

NuVoodoo Media Services is out with new research that suggests radio is losing ground as the biggest source of music discovery among most listeners, the majority of whom discover music through YouTube, with Spotify and Pandora following YouTube’s lead.

The Jammin 101.5 promo van was stolen over the weekend and used by the thieves in a second crime. Not exactly a vehicle you want to be driving around in if you don't want to be seen.

David Abel is the new Vice President/Market Manager of Cox radio stations in San Antonio. Abel was was honored in 2015 by Radio Ink as one of the “Best Managers in Radio.” 

Josh Rahmani has been promoted to Senior Vice President, National and Network Sales at Radio One. Rahmani has been with Radio One since 2005, starting out as a Corporate Sales Assistant.

Nancy Lane, President of the Local Media Association, has been selected as the recipient of Borrell Associates’ 2019 Award of Merit for outstanding leadership and innovation in local media.

(By Peter Smyth) A PWC study from last year ranked how we use smart speakers. The top response was “ask a question,” followed closely by “listen to a streaming music service." “Listening to radio” was down the list in fifth place with 26% daily usage. As an industry, we need to address this.

Detroit station WJR/NewsTalk 760 AM was honored at the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Broadcast Excellence Awards, winning Station of the Year for the third time in four years.

WEKL/Augusta is taking its bow as Classic Rock station EAGLE 106.3. The station will broadcast rock from the 70s to early 2000s.

Back in 1979, in Houston, Tag Borland (pictured) and Scott Hochberg founded audio console manufacturer Logitek. A lot has been achieved in the intervening four decades.