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The 2018 winners of the Medallas de Cortez Awards were announced Tuesday at the annual Hispanic Radio Conference in Miami. The winners represent an array of industry-leading broadcasters, including Lotus Communications (whose president, Jim Kalmenson, took Broadcaster of the Year honors), Spanish Broadcasting System, Univision, Entravision, and iHeartMedia.

(By Renee Cassis) We know radio has influence with listeners but proving it to advertisers is challenging. At The Borrell Conference Tuesday, Tim Murphy, Entercom's SVP of Business Development showcased how his company is using digital distribution and data to authenticate radio advertising’s effectiveness to clients.

(By Renee Cassis) Steve Goldstein, CEO of Amplifi Media, and Fred Jacobs, owner of Jacobs Media, who formed Sonic AI as a joint venture that focuses on smart-speaker development and strategy, presented “Key Strategies for Future Platforms: Smart Speakers” during Borrell’s Local Online Advertising Conference in New York City yesterday.

The Academy of Country Music has revealed the full list of winners for the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards. This year’s event will be held at Topgolf Las Vegas on Saturday, April 14. And here are the winners...

Birmingham, AL, stations WBHK 98.7 Today’s Kiss, WBHJ 95.7 Jamz, and 610 WAGG welcomed the return of Huffman High School students on Friday, March 9, with smiles, hugs, and a balloon release at the ringing of the bell. The students, faculty, and community of Huffman High School are mourning a terrible loss following a shooting inside of the school on Wednesday, March 14.

iHeartMedia Little Rock has announced the debut of HOT 94.9, “All The Hits.” The HOT 94.9 format will consist of songs from artists such as Justin Timberlake, The Weekend, Bruno Mars, Kendrick Lamar, and Imagine Dragons. It replaces Classic Hits from the 70's and 80's.

The Alexandria, LA, station had their Annual Country Cares for St. Jude Radiothon this past Thursday and Friday. The radiothon raised $105,598 for the kids at St. Jude.

NEWS TALK 1037FM in Chambersburg, PA has debuted its new drone the station is calling its "Live Eye In The Sky." GM Patrick Ryan tells Radio Ink the main purpose of the drone will be to cover news and community events. The drone is flown by a licensed commercial drone pilot the station contracts with and it has to be insured each time it goes up in the air.

Futuri Media has announced several key additions to its fast-growing team: Michael Sharkey joins as Product Manager, Jim Roberts joins as National Account Manager, and Jim Tarantine joins as National Account Manager.

WABC in New York will be moving Bernie McGuirk and Sid Rosenberg from middays to mornings on April 2, replacing the Imus In The Morning Show. Last month Imus announced his final show would be March 29. McGuirk has been Imus' Executive Producer since 1987. Rosenberg joined Imus as Sports Anchor in 2000.