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(By Gary Berkowitz) Monday morning's headline was shocking. Dan Ingram was dead. Dan has been called the "World’s Greatest Top 40 DJ." I would have to agree since I got to listen to him daily growing up in New York City where WABC was our local station.

The pop culture shift in 1968 is still having an impact on us 50 years later. So during July 4th week, Westwood One News will explore the music, movies, and TV shows of that pivotal year in 1968.

CBS News has put together some special Fourth of July programming, making it easy to program Independence Day and the days leading up to it. Hosted by Gil Gross, the two-hour Independence Day Celebration will engross listeners with stunning and little-known facts about American independence.

Cumulus has launched the second annual national search for the nation’s newest star with neXt2rock 2018. The winner of the four-month-long national competition will receive a record deal on John Varvatos Records under the Big Machine Label Group umbrella, as well as substantial exposure, commensurate with a major label release, on Cumulus Radio stations nationwide. 

NABEF’s Broadcast Leadership Training class graduated this month following a 10-month executive MBA-style program that teaches the fundamentals of purchasing, owning, operating, and managing radio and television stations.

To be sure, radio’s ownership and leadership can trot out a litany of complaints against a number of outside and inside influences, including government regulations, other media that enjoy “unfair” advantages, “unreasonable” demands from advertisers and agencies, and the machinations of unscrupulous competitors. But are they hitting the target?

(By Bob McCurdy) To some the following might come off as heresy. Let’s peel back the onion on an ad metric that flows off our tongues daily. It’s an important metric in our industry as it guides commercial scheduling, as well as the way we position our medium to advertisers and agencies.

(By Jeff McHugh, Stephanie Winans, Stan Main, John Silliman Dodge) On-air personalities have a calendar full of appearances, promotions, and events in the summer months. Promotions and events are opportunities for you to make new fans and to solidify relationships with old fans and clients. Here are some important tips.

Are smartphones killing websites? A recent Bloomberg article that asserted: "Smartphones are doing to websites what Amazon did to the mall." It's an interesting observation and one that Mark Ramsey and Tom Asacker really dig into.

Voting results for the 2018 National Radio Hall of Fame’s 24 nominations in six categories are in. Four of the categories were decided by a voting participant panel comprised of nearly 1,000 industry professionals. The other two categories were voted on by the public; and there was an unprecedented level of listener participation. Here are the inductees...