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Anna Koehler is an experienced AE at Hubbard's KS95 in the Twin Cities. Anna shared an incredible advertiser success story with us last week that shows just how important persistence is in the sales cycle. Many AEs would have given up on this client, but not Anna.(Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media)

On Monday night (October 15) there’ll be a first in NFL broadcasting — and it’s a father-daughter thing. Monday Night Football play-by-play announcer Kevin Harlan will be joined by his daughter Olivia Harlan Dekker as the sideline reporter.

Over the years, at times, Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan talked more about NextRadio than he did his own radio stations. It was his baby, prompted by a push from industry executives who saw the need to get radio onto mobile phones as they recognized how important the device had become to consumers. In the end, consumers didn't really care much about having the NextRadio app on their phones, the industry lost interest, and Emmis lost boatloads of money.

In a new report, Advertising Takes A Sharp Turn, Borrell and Associates writes that, due to a decline in both new and used vehicles, dealers are spending less on advertising and more on marketing. And pretty much every form of media is taking a big hit as a result.

Cherry Creek Media, owner of a seven-station cluster in Wenatchee, WA, has named former KFMW/KOKZ Waterloo-Cedar Rapids Operations Manager Michael Cross as their new Ops Manager

President Donald Trump has signed into law the Music Modernization Act, a comprehensive bill that aims to reform our outdated music licensing system and give music creators an opportunity to obtain compensation that more accurately reflects the value of music.

iHeartMedia Phoenix 104.7 KISS FM morning duo Johnjay Van Es and Rich Berra were inducted into the Arizona Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame, October 11, at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, AZ.

June was a horrible month for Emmis, down 16%, which was just too much to overcome, even with July and August both up 2%. The awful June was blamed on poor ticket sales for Summer Jam in New York City, a signature company event hosted by Hot 97. On the bright side, Q3 looks strong for Emmis.

Could the achievements seen by Paul Danitz, D.O.S. at Glades Media Group, be replicated at your group of radio stations? This 20-minute Hispanic Radio Podcast, hosted by RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam Jacobson, could provide strong insight and intelligence leading you to make the plunge into the ROI-filled world of Hispanic radio.

Los Angeles station 97.1 AMP Radio (KAMP-FM) has launched Out Now, an LGBTQ+ Talk Radio network dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and their allies. To coincide with National Coming Out Day, Out Now launched October 11 on Radio.com and its app, and on 97.1 HD2.