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Seton Hall’s student-run station, WSOU 89.5 FM, has welcomed three new inductees into its Hall of Fame: sportscaster Matt Loughlin '79, traffic reporter Pete Tauriello '76, and engineer Richard Koziol. In addition, George Roskos '09 was presented with the station's Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. The honorees were inducted on Saturday, April 8.

Only The Home Depot aired more commercials than the U.S. Department of Transportation last week, according to Media Monitors. The USDOT aired 40,287 spots on radio stations all across the country, with The Home Depot at 77,108. Rounding out the top five were GEICO (39,374), Lowe's (31,591), and Mattress Firm (30,919).

Oink Ink says the winner of its 18th annual Dead Radio Contest was Cundari’s Emmanuel Torres’ 60-second spot called PUSH for fixauto.com. Torres, an art director in Cundari’s Toronto office, had the idea for the script seven years ago in his first advertising class in college.

Jon Patch's lively, three-hour show Talkin’ Pets is celebrating 27 years of broadcasting. Patch, and his dedicated veterinarians and trainers on the show, talk about medical, behavior issues, pet products, food, treats, training issues, and more. For more information or to add Talkin’ Pets to your station please call Jon at 813-888-5043 or email him at [email protected].

The renowned children’s research hospital reached the massive total during this year’s Promesa y Esperanza® (Promise and Hope) radio event held in 16 media markets in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, April 6-7. Since the partnership’s inception in 2006, the St. Jude/Univision national radio event has raised more than $56 million.

The podcast universe keeps expanding. This time it’s a new program narrated and researched by author James Andrew Miller. Origins, the podcast will explore beginnings -- whether from the worlds of television, movies, sports, music, business, or human relationships -- to explain how greatness starts and how critical happenings come to be.

Cox Media Group Tampa Radio has named Magic Mornings with Danielle as its new, permanent morning show on Magic 94-9 (WWRM – FM). For the past 10 years, Danielle McBroom was on the air with sister station WSUN (97X).

The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters has filed comments with the FCC opposing the lifting of the Commission's subcaps rules. There has been a strong movement on the part of broadcasters to eliminate the subcap rules, which limits owners from having more than 8 stations per market or 5 on each band.

(By Bob McCurdy) I was recently speaking with a local auto dealer who indicated sales were “fine” but that he was somewhat concerned about radio’s ability to generate floor traffic. I asked how he was able to determine this and his response was....

(By Ken Trujillo) Many AM stations like ours, that acquire FM translators, are being negatively impacted by distant stations alleging interference that either keeps the AM station from obtaining an FM translator, or adversely impacts the FM translator after the initiation of operations.