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Star 99.1 FM (WAWZ) in Somerset, New Jersey, is remembering, honoring, and commemorating the 15th anniversary of 9/11 with an event called "The Empty Shoe Memorial."

Time Inc.’s Sports Illustrated Group and DGital Media have announced an exclusive, multifaceted podcast partnership, beginning with a slate of new series launching around the kickoff of the 2016 NFL season. It all starts with the Wednesday launch of Peter King's podcast, which also kicks off with four big advertisers on board.

The cable and satellite TV giant has decided that it’s successful 30 for 30 sports documentary series is also a good match for audio delivery. The podcasts will launch in early 2017 and bring a narrative approach to various sports stories.

United Stations Radio Networks has unveiled the latest tech development from Phantom Producer, the Phantom Android App.

In 2017, Radio Ink will celebrate its 25th year covering the Radio industry and helping managers and sellers become the best at what they do. Over the years, our daily e-mail, 16 magazines and industry conferences have become the most respected products in radio. Following his profile (READ IT HERE) on Radioink.com Wednesday, National Sales Manager at Greater Media Detroit, Michael Mayer (pictured) says the e-mails were pouring in to him all day long. "From current co-workers to Katz folks to people I worked with back in the day. The power of RADIO INK is very apparent! Thank you again so much." No...Thank You Michael! Become a Radio Ink subscriber HERE

As podcasting continues to grow, so does the need to keep advertisers excited about the medium by providing them with the metrics that will help them decide whether their ads are working and their money is well spent. That's exactly what the IAB set out to do with its newly released guidelines for tracking ad delivery.

Radio Ink reached out to several podcasting experts to get their reaction to the new IAB ad measurement guidelines. Podcast Movement's Dan Franks says it's super exciting to see some of the "old guard" and the new power players collaborating on something like this.

Over the holiday weekend, Samsung sent a maintenance release to the New Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge devices which now makes those models compatible with NextRadio on all carriers.

Michael Mayer is considered one of the best National Sales Managers in the history of Greater Media. He's also a 2016 Radio Ink Radio Wayne finalist. Mayer started his radio career as the PD at WRIF in Detroit. Here's his very motivational story...

The next few months are the months radio is expected to see its biggest surge in political ad spending. Media Monitors is reporting that, in the 85 major markets it surveys, Libertarian party candidate Gary Johnson is running more spots on radio than Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton or Republican candidate Donald Trump. And MediaPost is reporting political revenue for TV will finish weaker than expected.