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(by Renee Cassis) As podcasting attracts more advertising dollars, everyone in the space is trying to pinpoit exactly where opportunities for growth are the greatest. A panel of podcast executives discussed their views on the topic at the NAB Show New York, Thursday afternoon.

(By Paul Weyland) Some of us met up at the Radio Show in Orlando and discussed rate resistance. Several people thought advertising agencies were becoming more demanding than ever. Others complained about local direct clients. “Especially in small and medium markets, they just don’t have the budgets anymore to buy broadcast.”

SiriusXM, the Big Ten Network, and the Big Ten Conference announced Thursday the launch of SiriusXM Big Ten Radio on October 22. The 24/7 channel will offer in-depth access to Big Ten-focused sports talk and news

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Radio One's Qri Montague says she did nothing to warrant being tased during a traffic stop. Fox 5 in Atlanta reports the confrontation with officer Lemuel Gardner began following Montague’s repeated requests to know why she was in handcuffs.

RJ Curtis has been hired as the new Executive Director of the Country Radio Broadcasters/Country Radio Seminar. Bill Mayne has been Executive Director for nearly a decade. This past April, Mayne announced he would be leaving following the 50th Anniversary year of Country Radio Seminar.

Kelli Turner has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of SESAC Holdings, it was announced Wednesday by John Josephson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SESAC, whom Turner will report to.

iHeartMedia has named Cristina Mayer Marketing Director for Washington DC–Baltimore. Mayer joins the DC–Baltimore region from Mimi Brown Studio in New York City where she most recently served as Production Manager.

The Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio group and Nielsen Music announce that Grisel Barajas, PD and Host of La Grande 105.1 FM/Indianapolis has been named the MIW Group-Nielsen Music Programming Mentee. 

According to BIA's 2018 Survey of Advertising and Marketing activities, two-thirds of marketing dollars are being used on local media and the remainder is being spent on promotions. For businesses with 500 or more employees, this spending averages $4.48 million for advertising and $2.18 million on promotions. So what local media is getting the bulk of the cash?