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Nearly 20% of the total US population is Hispanic. That 20% has an annual buying power of $3.2 trillion - more than the entire GDP of the UK. Despite this, Hispanic-focused advertising currently stands at about 4% of total ad spend.

Back in the early 2000s Gary Gauthier paid for airtime on Salem owned Christian station WBTN in Tampa. He hosted a show called "It's God's Money," and told listeners God wanted people to get into real estate and he knew where there were great opportunities.

El Dorado Broadcasters, which owns KZXY-FM, KATJ-FM, KIXA-FM, KIXW-AM, KXVV-FM, KATJ-HD2 in Victor Valley, California has hired James Rightmire as D.O.S. Rightmire spent the past four years as SVP/sales for iHeart Media in Stockton/Modesto.

Santa Rosa, CA's Wine Country Radio is welcoming Steve Jaxon back to the air on The Krush 95.9 after the talk host was let go in June by Amaturo Sonoma Media Group's KSRO-AM. His show will return August 21.

Entercom has hired Nicholaus “Niko” Petrou as co-host on KMLE-FM (Country) in Phoenix. The station also renamed the show The Breakfast Buzz. Niko joins Nina D.  Prior to KMLE, Niko held a number of roles at Entercom Phoenix sister station WBMP-FM, including APD, Music Director, and midday host. He also hosted nights on WHTZ-FM in New York.

Jacobs Media's Seth Resler is hosting a webinar with UK-based mobile journalist Peter Stewart (pictured) Thursday at 2pm Eastern. The topic is the value of using livestreaming video to promote your radio show. Register HERE.

Lawmakers and broadcast station operators continue to mount pressure on manufacturers of electric vehicles who are deliberately leaving out AM radio tuners in their new, all-electric cars. Station owners say the fix to the issue isn't complicated.

Greek yogurt company Chobani has filed a lawsuit against Jones, accusing him of publishing false information about the company. According to Bloomberg, Chobani says Jones posted fabricated stories linking the Yogurt company's owner Hamdi Ulukaya and Chobani to a sexual assault case involving refugee children.

Raúl Alarcón, Chairman and CEO of Spanish Broadcasting System has received the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s 2019 Hispanic Businessperson of the Year Award.

94.7 WCSX-FM in Detroit is bringing back a promotion it first ran 17 years ago to benefit a local charity. "Big Jim’s House Stone Soup Project" will rebuild a classic vehicle that will be raffled off to benefit 'Vets Returning Home'.