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After leading the Country Radio Broadcasters/Country Radio Seminar for nine years, Executive Director Bill Mayne is stepping down following the 2018 Country Radio Seminar. The CRB Board of Directors has established a search committee that will oversee a confidential search process.

SiriusXM has extended its agreement with Nissan North America for five more years and through the 2023 model year. Nissan and Infiniti customers will continue to get a three-month introductory SiriusXM All Access subscription – SiriusXM's most expansive programming package.

Armen Williams is the Program Director for Sports Radio 104.3 The Fan in Denver. Williams started in radio as a promotions intern at KPLX in Dallas. And like so many people in the radio business, he caught the radio bug early. This year Williams has been voted one of Radio Ink's Best Programmers.

The RAB has announced that Comcast’s Xfinity brand has been selected to receive the 2018 Radio Mercury Awards “Radio Marketer of the Year" award. Xfinity is a 52-week advertiser in local radio and the company is also big on leveraging DJ relationships.

(By Radio Ink Chairman Eric Rhoads) Give the media a little bad news, and they’ll milk it to death. Give them a chance to bash another medium that competes for dollars, and they’ll do their best to destroy their rival. Two Chapter 11 bankruptcies for radio is a chance for other media to say radio is dead.

(By Gabriel Barnes) At what point did we stop providing real marketing solutions that provide measurable ROI for our clients, and begin to focus on doing whatever it takes to hit our sales budgets? I have sat in numerous sales meetings and been on countless sales calls, and it seems that the words “return on investment” are forbidden. Why is that?

(By Ronald Robinson) According to reputable research from informed, reliable sources, radio still enjoys a reach in the mid-90s percentile. Radio, quite often, has been able to demonstrate an impressively healthy Return On Investment for many advertisers. So, how come all the sincere whining about radio’s “low, low, bargain basement rates” and the minimal preferences for radio as an advertisers’ medium?

WDRV-FM/Chicago’s The Sherman & Tingle Show recently celebrated the success of their “Give a Vet a Pet” campaign. The show, in partnership with the 1 Pet-1 Vet charity, aimed to raise enough money in one week to provide a service dog to a local veteran suffering from PTSD. They blew away their goal.

Salem Media's AM590 THE ANSWER hosted what it's calling the largest conservative event ever in Riverside. Over 900 people attended the “2018 Unite IE - Battleground Talkers Tour” at the Riverside Convention Center.

Westwood One News will simulcast a CNN Town Hall with former FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday, April 25 from 8–9 p.m. CNN’s Anderson Cooper will moderate the event from Comey’s alma mater, William and Mary College in Virginia.