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iHeartMedia Phoenix 104.7 KISS FM morning duo Johnjay Van Es and Rich Berra were inducted into the Arizona Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame, October 11, at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, AZ.

June was a horrible month for Emmis, down 16%, which was just too much to overcome, even with July and August both up 2%. The awful June was blamed on poor ticket sales for Summer Jam in New York City, a signature company event hosted by Hot 97. On the bright side, Q3 looks strong for Emmis.

Could the achievements seen by Paul Danitz, D.O.S. at Glades Media Group, be replicated at your group of radio stations? This 20-minute Hispanic Radio Podcast, hosted by RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam Jacobson, could provide strong insight and intelligence leading you to make the plunge into the ROI-filled world of Hispanic radio.

Los Angeles station 97.1 AMP Radio (KAMP-FM) has launched Out Now, an LGBTQ+ Talk Radio network dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and their allies. To coincide with National Coming Out Day, Out Now launched October 11 on Radio.com and its app, and on 97.1 HD2.

WDRV-FM/Chicago’s The Sherman & Tingle Show (Brian Sherman, Steve Tingle, and Executive Producer Jill Egan) recently completed a charitable effort to benefit Wright-Way Rescue – a non-profit organization whose mission aims to reduce the number of homeless pets euthanized in the Midwest each year.  

We were able to monitor the radio coverage of Hurricane Michael all day long Wednesday on both iHeartRadio and Tune-In, depending on which radio station or company we wanted to listen to, as radio stations went wall-to-wall once the storm approached landfall. Late last night we reached out to three managers to get their assessment on how their teams performed.

HRN Media Network has hired Feinberg as its Chief Strategy Officer. Most recently, Feinberg helped with the podcast initiative at Panoply and is an adjunct professor and lecturer on digital marketing and media at Fordham University and FIT.

The first group of presenters has been announced for the 2018 Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala, to be held Monday, October 22, at Gotham Hall in New York City.

Entercom and the University of Saint Joseph in Connecticut have reached a broadcast agreement. As part of the deal, 1080 WTIC News Talk (WTIC-AM) in Hartford, CT, will broadcast home games of the university’s men’s basketball team’s inaugural season.

The NAB has filed comments with the FCC regarding the Commission's upcoming Communications Marketplace Report to Congress. In those comments, the NAB says the report "should reflect the proliferation of audio content providers and the vast options now available for consumers and advertisers in today’s audio marketplace."