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(By Ed Levine, Paul Stone, and George Reed) Much has been written in the radio trades over the last week regarding the NAB Radio Board vote in favor of recommending to the FCC an update of its radio ownership rules. We'd like to give you our take.

Don’t Be Tardy reality star Kim Zolciak-Biermann now has her own podcast in partnership with PodcastOne. In addition to real-time updates on life, family, and music every week, Kim invites fans to join her in achieving their dreams

The Big 12 Podcast, on PodcastOne, will feature everything going on in the conference. The show debuts Thursday, June 28. Veteran sports radio personality Chuck Cooperstein will host.

Earlier this week we reported that JAM Media Solutions, lead by Jonathan Mason, joined the ranks of radio ownership with the $3 million purchase of six radio stations in Outer Banks, North Carolina, and Muscatine, Iowa. The owner of the company is Pastor Jonathan Mason

The latest RTDNA/Hofstra University Annual Survey finds the percentage of people of color in local radio news slipping to 11.3%, down 0.4 from a year ago. The random sample of 3,542 radio stations, with 415 valid responses, from news directors and GMs, also showed that the percentage of radio general managers of color rose 1.7% from a year ago. Here are the details.

The 43rd Annual Gracie Awards Luncheon was held at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City, Wednesday. The luncheon honors the accomplishments of local and student women in media and entertainment. You're looking at the Radio Ink table, featuring....

The Bob & Tom Show has promoted radio industry veteran John Kesler to Chief Operating Officer of the nationally syndicated morning radio show. Kesler moves up from his role as General Manager for the award-winning show.

Can Spanish-language radio serve as a powerful platform for the expansion of a very regional brand that seeks wider growth opportunities? In this Hispanic Radio Podcast, advertising agency head Alex López Negrete — whose resume includes Spanish-language play-by-play for an NBA franchise — shares his thoughts on why radio works for advertisers.

The Westar Music commercial library offers over 17,000 music tracks and more than 258,000 sound-effects, all royalty-free and sourced from the broadcast industry standard. With the acquisition of American Music Company, Westar’s library just got even bigger, adding thousands of tracks of high-quality music.

We reported back on June 18 that WGOW (Chattanooga) morning man Jeff Styles was shot after he approached a vehicle with a tomahawk in a road rage incident. Today we find out the station has put him on leave while the incident is being investigated. Here's the statement released by the station...