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Hubbard Radio and its digital arm 2060 Digital, have announced an agreement to purchase an ad-delivery solution called TriggerEX Ad Delivery Technology from TiWi Digital. The TriggerEX platform offers advertisers the flexibility to change message mid-flight in a social media-like way.

On Wednesday, Westwood One announced the promotion of Julie Kim from Senior Traffic Director to Vice President, Traffic. Kim began her career in 2003 as a Traffic Coordinator with Premiere Networks.

WideOrbit and TagStation (owner of Dial Report) have formed a partnership to help radio deliver metrics to ad buyers on actions taken by consumers as a result of radio advertising. Here's how they plan to do it...

The Georgia Association of Broadcasters is pleased to announce the selection of individual finalists for the 2018 GABBY Awards, which will be presented on October 20, 2018 at the Westin Savannah Harbor. We have them all listed here...

Award-winning author James Andrew Miller, in partnership with Cadence13, is releasing three chapters of the popular podcast series, Origins. “We see Origins as a big buffet table of our culture, with particular emphasis on television, sports, movies, music, and other elements I’ve reported on or simply love," said host Miller.

ESPN continues on down the simulcast road, and on Monday, August 13, at 1 p.m. ET, ESPN Radio’s weekday The Stephen A. Smith Show will join Golic and Wingo, The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, and The Will Cain Show on ESPNEWS, making the network the TV home of all four of ESPN’s weekday national radio simulcasts.

How often do you get to say that when you're a radio talk show host? And with Donald Trump in the White House, you could argue that Rush Limbaugh is as popular as he's ever been. Ok, and by the way, Trump called Limbaugh's show Wednesday, to congratulate the five-time Marconi Award winner.

(By Paul Weyland) What amazes me is how important the collections process is to people in our industry, and yet we spend very little time discussing better strategies for handling delinquent accounts. Here is a good rule to live by: “It’s not a sale until it’s collected.” Boom! There you go.

(By Dick Kalt) I don’t have to state the obvious — that for musicformatted stations, playing more music is important. But listeners have access to their favorite music through so many options today. Why do they need your station? It gets down to how well you really know your audience.

The NAB tells us a letter has gone out to Senators Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer urging the Senate to pass the Music Modernization Act. The MMA has passed the House and the Senate Judiciary Committee. The letter is from broadcasters associations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Here are the details...