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(By Lisa Thal) Exceeding budget every month can be a daunting task. We all face account attrition, local business going national, rating dips, and roadblocks to new accounts. My advice to you is: don’t quit now. In a recent sales meeting, we discussed those words, “don’t quit now.” I asked the team what those words meant to them. The following are some of the thoughts they shared...

Tonight ABC's 20/20 will air a segment on the 2012 murder of Atlantic County radio host April Kauffman. Investigators say Kauffman's death was connected to a prescription drug ring that involved her husband, Dr. James Kauffman, and members of the Pagans motorcycle gang.

Beasley Media is flipping formats on a translator in Las Vegas at 101.5. The station will now carry a Talk format (The New 101.5FM/720AM The Talk of Las Vegas), replacing AC (Lite 101.5 FM). The translator will be a simulcast of KDWN-AM. Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Mark Levin are heard on the station along with Oakland Raiders games.

The NAB Education Foundation, in partnership with the Broadcast Education Association, will host a career fair, September 27, Noon-3 p.m. at the 2018 Radio Show. The Radio Show will be held September 25-28 at the Hilton Bonnet Creek and the Waldorf-Astoria Orlando.

How listeners use podcasts is different than broadcasts. So how do on-air skills translate to podcasts? With podcasting getting bigger, radio is dissecting the phenomenon and asking questions like this. To that end, Conclave 43 presents “Finding Your Place in the Podcasting Space.”

Award-winning hospitality legend, New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur, and top-rated television personality, Jon Taffer, takes on his latest business venture in partnership with PodcastOne. His new podcast, Jon Taffer: No Excuses premiered this week and is available now on PodcastOne.com, the PodcastOne app, and Apple Podcasts.

Cumulus Media has signed on-air personalities Walt Flakus and Lauren O’Neil to multi-year contracts at Chicago Alternative Rocker 101WKQX. Flakus is also APD and Music Director and hosts the evening shift. O’Neil hosts middays.

Podcast and media company Cadence13 has announced a partnership with talent and entertainment company United Talent Agency to create Ramble, a podcast network dedicated to digital talent. The goal of the company is to expand how audiences connect with digital talent. 

Barnett is Director of Operations and PD for Heaven 97, KHVN, in Dallas. She has been promoted to Director Of Operations for Mortenson Broadcasting Dallas. Barnett — who has been the PD of KHVN since 2009 — will now oversee all of Mortenson's stations in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area

Streaming company ZenoRadio announced, Wednesday, the acquisition of AudioNow and a rebranding to Zeno Media. Zeno Media streams to 6 million-plus monthly active users .