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The FCC wants radio stations to remember to get their Public Files online by March 1. Commercial stations in Nielsen's top 50 markets, with five or more full-time employees, were required to use the FCC's online public file database on June 24, 2016. All other radio stations were exempted until March 1, 2018.

(By Eric Rhoads) We all have friends whom we grew up with in radio and became close. For me, one of those people is KINK Portland PD Sean Demery (pictured here). I hired him in Fresno when I was PD of KIOY. I was 22 he was 19. Three weeks ago Sean collapsed with a brain stem stroke.

The Radio Advertising Bureau will present four revenue and professional development-oriented sales and marketing sessions at this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas April 7-12. All of the sessions are a part of the Business of Broadcast Conference, at the Las Vegas Convention Center North Hall.

No surprises from the Media Monitors weekly chart of top radio advertisers. GEICO was once again radio's biggest advertiser last week, airing 41,748 commercials on radio stations all across the country. Who else made the top five?

WNCY/Appleton-Oshkosh (Y100) finished its 21st St. Jude Radiothon last Friday in Green Bay, WI, with a final total of $315,577, which marked a $15,000 increase over the previous year. The station's 21-year total is now just under $5,000,000.

In an SEC filing late last week, iHeart Communications detailed more of the ongoing negotiations the company is having with lenders. iHeart has been working with lenders to find a way to deal with over $20 Billion in debt.

Phantom Producer has released a new imaging service called "Urban," which offers complete station imaging for Hip Hop and R&B radio stations that can be customized and on the air in a matter of seconds.

Less than two weeks after WEEI-FM in Boston suspended Alex Reimer for calling New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s daughter “an annoying little pissant,” the station has suspended Chistian Fauria for mocking Brady’s agent, Don Yee, with a racist Asian accent Friday during his show. He's been suspended for 5 days.

(Bob McCurdy) There are many things in marketing we could debate, but one thing that’s not debatable is that a consumer can only take advantage of an offer or sale if they are aware of it. This “law” came to mind last week while discussing an opportunity with a Philadelphia account executive.

(Deborah Parenti) We've been hearing a lot about "telling radio’s story" this year. About reaching beyond the metrics and analytics to decipher and define just who those numbers and clicks represent. As a researcher at Eastman Radio once told me, "You have to make the numbers dance. Give them life.