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SiriusXM has launched "Urban View Vote" -- a nonpartisan, midterm election year voter registration campaign designed to raise awareness about voter registration opportunities throughout the 50 states.

Coast to Coast AM host George Noory was among 22 legendary news reporters, editors, photographers, broadcasters, filmmakers, and others inducted into the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame on March 17. The inductees were honored at a gala at the St. Louis City Center Hotel in downtown St. Louis.

ABS Entertainment, Barnaby Records, Brunswick Records, and Malaco have jointly file an objection to Cumulus' reorganization plan. These four companies say Cumulus has not obtained performance rights licenses or paid public performance royalties for recordings from their artists prior to 1972 and is exploiting the pre-1972 recordings for profit.

Jack Daniel has been named the new afternoon on-air personality on K 104.7 and 94.7 SMOKE (3-7 p.m.) in Charlotte. He will begin his new position on Monday, April 2. Daniel has been on the Charlotte airwaves since 1975.

Michael Kraig Mason has joined Country 98.9 (KNUC/Seattle) as evening personality. Mason got his start in radio in Portland, Oregon, at Z100 and most recently handled production and video for the nationally syndicated show Delilah.

Ever wonder how much content you can take from another source and post it to your station website? Attorney David Oxenford sets the record straight in his latest blog. Oxenford goes into specific detail about "fair use." But before we give away his entire explanation, and get in trouble for stealing his content, you should read his blog for all the details.

(By Paul Weyland) It’s got to be our fault. As local direct clients need us now more than ever, we’re still not stepping up to the plate for them. Instead, broadcast stations still seem stuck in a late-’90s time warp, still offering clients the same old computer-generated proposals for radio and television schedules (unfortunately at 1980s rates).

(By Ryan Wrecker) Whether it’s creating a video, a blog, a podcast, or anything for the website, everyone involved needs to know it’s worth their time. So what is the most effective content to produce for your station or personal brands, and where is the best place to distribute that content so it has a lasting effect?

The East End of Long Island is known by many as a weekend and summer playground for affluent New Yorkers who enjoy such locales as Montauk and The Hamptons. But, did you know that Suffolk County, NY, is also a hotbed of Hispanic market growth?

According to "media ecologist" Jack Myers, total U.S. audio ad spend has recovered from a 14% decline between 2000 and 2010. Myers is now forecasting that by 2020, advertisers will spend over $20 billion on audio advertising in the United States. A lot of that growth is driven by solid growth in digital.