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(By Radio Ink Chairman Eric Rhoads) A couple of decades ago I wrote a story about what the radio industry would look like in 20 or 30 years. We were beginning the process of local marketing agreements, which soon led to companies consolidating and buying up everything in sight.

(By Lisa Thal) Taking time off can not only help you, it can also help your team. Here are three reasons to encourage yourself and your employees to take full advantage of earned time and make it a priority to check “Vacation” off your to-do list.

Alpha Media, Portland, OR announced that AM Drive anchor Steve Leader and reporter Rosemary Reynolds of KXL both have received Associated Press awards. Leader received the Best Enterprise Reporting award and Reynolds received the Best Public Service award.

Three new local voices are being added to the SportsRadio 610 roster in Houston. In the morning, Paul Gallant will join Mad Radio with Mike Meltser and Seth Payne. During middays, the station drops Cody Stoots and adds morning producer Landry Locker while rehiring former host Fred Davis. Davis and Locker team with Stoots' former co-host John Lopez

Nielsen says radio listeners love baseball. Nielsen’s PPM ratings for April confirm a seasonal increase in listening to sports radio stations when the major league season gets underway.

Lotus Communications is one of the few radio broadcasting companies that owns radio stations with Spanish-language and English-language programming. How is the company capitalizing on this? And, is there one thing that's particularly important when inking that contract with a client? Company President Jim Kalmenson shares all in this latest Hispanic Radio Podcast.

NCAA basketball coaching came together May 20-22 for the American Cancer Society’s 11th Annual Coaches vs. Cancer Las Vegas Golf Classic. The event raised a total of over $1 million. FOX Sports Radio covered the event.

(By Robert Lee)“Elections have consequences,” and, “Someone moved the goalposts.” In reading the objections by a couple of LPFM advocacy groups about the recent deluge of FM translators-for-AM stations applications, I see two things going on: politics, first; and, second, misguided policy by a government agency, the FCC.

Our good friend and programming consultant Gary Berkowitz recently purchased a new car. In the dashboard of Gary's shiny new GM vehicle was an HD radio. Here's what happened when the salesperson got around to explaining what HD radio was to her new customer. And you can bet this doesn't happen when the salesperson gets around to discussing -- or turning on -- SiriusXM.

(By Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti) Last week, Radio Ink ran a series of interviews with radio group owners focusing on deregulation; specifically, what they would like to see the FCC consider when it reviews the ownership caps later this year. As we found out in that series, many of Radio Ink's rank-and-file readers believe lifting current ownership caps will simply give more stations to the bigger groups and nothing will really change.