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(By Bob McCurdy) There was an Automotive News article earlier this week titled “Marketers Call for Less Car, More Heart” that detailed how several auto manufacturers sought to appeal to consumer emotions. A few thoughts came to mind after reading this article...

(By Paul Weyland) As I travel across the country working with broadcast stations, I see a lot of long-term local direct business on the table — business that should be on the books by now but is not. Because it’s still on the table. Money, just sitting there on the table. So why won’t these decision-makers close?

Nationally syndicated radio talk show host and best-selling author, Dave Ramsey, again sold out his Smart Money event, this time in Orlando on May 18 at First Baptist Orlando.

Emma Villanueva is the new Community Engagement Manager at WBGL in Champaign, IL. Emma joins the station after graduating from Cedarville University earlier in May with a degree in Broadcasting and Digital Media.

Dr. Nino Japaridze comes to Edison Research to fill the new role of Vice President for Public Affairs Research. Japaridze will be based in Washington, DC, and lead Edison’s public affairs and international research practice, delivering strategic insights to public and private sector clients, and international media and development organizations.

Matthew “Doughboy” Florence is loading up the truck and making the move from Albuquerque to Southern California for a June 1 start at Rhythmic CHR station KVYB/103.3 The Vibe. Florence will be the station’s PD and afternoon personality.

Sue O’Neil is the Ops Manager for Entercom's WKSE, WTSS, and WWWS in Buffalo. She started her career in 1987 and has been programming since 1995. And even though Sue has been in the business for three decades, she's not slowing down. In fact she's evolved quite nicely just as the position of PD has, taking on more and more responsibility, like many PD's have had to do.

Borrell Associates released a comprehensive digital revenue study Wednesday called, "Benchmarking Local Media's Digital Revenues." Borrell says radio gets a measly 1%. So we turned to the head honcho at Borrell and Associates to ask the big question. Why? Here's what Borrell & Associates CEO Gordon Borrell had to say.

Programming vet Maurice DeVoe joins iHeart's St. Louis market as PD for Hip Hopper "100.3 The Beat." DeVoe joins iHeartMedia from Cumulus, where he was Corporate PD for its Urban and Rhythmic formats, and PD of KMJK-FM in Kansas City. In 2016, DeVoe was named one of Radio Ink's Top 50 PDs.

TV guy Lucas McFadden will be going out over the radio waves of WRHI-FM 100.1/AM 1340, Rock Hill, SC, as of May 18, co-hosting Palmetto Mornings with Freddi Hammer. And he is plenty happy about it.