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Salem is launching a contemporary urban gospel signal in St. Louis Monday, October 23. The station will be called Praise 95.1, “The St. Louis Gospel Experience” and will be heard on WSDZ 95.1 FM and 1260 AM. Salem has moved Conservative format "The Answer" to KXFN-FM 105.3 and KXFN-AM 1380.

The wildfires in California continue to take lives and property and several radio stations are dealing with trying to stay on the air to help provide information to their local communities. KZST (Santa Clara) owner Gordon Zlot tells the California Report he was sure his station was about to burn to the ground.

The Philadelphia Inquirer is the latest print publication to call on Apple to make it easier for consumers to listen to FM Radio by flipping on the FM Chip and allowing NextRadio to pop up on iPhones, available for use without consuming data.

(Roy Williams) We love to be in the presence of powerful communicators who take us places and make us feel things: actors and filmmakers, dancers and photographers, sculptors and illustrators, singers and architects, teachers and musicians, painters and writers. When brilliant communicators work their magic, we get lost in it.

(By Deborah Parenti) Congratulations, you’ve been promoted to manager. You’ve been handed the keys. You’re in charge. While once the title may have carried a more autonomous ring, a manager is still a manager. Implicit with the role is an expectation that you have all the answers.

(By Bob McCurdy) It’s the 2018 planning season and each year, like clockwork, “point of diminishing returns” discussions come to the forefront in conversations with clients and planners. Here's how you can be sure radio is part of an advertiser's marketing approach.

(By Gary Berkowitz) Have you ever looked at the ratings and wondered: How do certain ACs always come out on top? There is a reason. Do a “programming X-ray” on the most successful and consistently high-rated AC stations, and you quickly see the common elements that make them winners.

(By Jon Quick) One of the great powers of radio is still its ability to be more locally focused than any other medium. Many would also agree that the more radio becomes just another music box with nondescript announcers and the lack of any differentiation, the more radio’s relevance will fade. Others might say that’s already happening. Here's my article called..."What we Can Learn From America's Small Market Treasures."

It's no secret President Trump is not a fan of a lot of the major news organizations and the way they cover him. Following the President's tweet asking when it's appropriate to challenge NBC's broadcast license because he believes they broadcast fake news, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel decided her opinion needed to be heard. Here's what she had to say...

Fields has been named the new Afternoon Drive Host at the Beasely station. He will begin his new position on Monday, October 16. Fields most recently served as a meteorologist at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles.