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Cities 97 (KTCZ-FM, Twin Cities) recently raised nearly $530,000 through its 28th annual Cities 97 Sampler CD. For every CD sold, $1 was donated to the Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. The remaining proceeds benefited 97 local Minnesota charities. This year, the CD featured performances recorded live in Cities 97’s Studio C by 20 artists

The writer, producer, director, and creator of such legendary sitcoms as All In The Family, Good Times, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, and Maude, will debut his show on PodcastOne on May 1. Called All of the Above with Norman Lear it will feature the 95-year-old taking listeners through conversations on such disparate topics as comedy, family, current events, music, and politics. Co-hosting will be Lear’s longtime friend and sidekick Paul Hipp.

Reuters is reporting that a group of iHeartMedia lenders has signed a cooperation agreement to oppose the debt overhaul the company has been working on for months.

As Radio Ink reported back on March 22, J. Anthony Brown is joining The Steve Harvey Morning Show. Premiere makes the official announcement today, the day Brown began with Harvey. Brown was a member of The Tom Joyner Morning Show for more than 20 years.

The big NAB Show is now underway in Las Vegas and in case you decide to stay home and make more sales calls rather than roam the streets of Sin City you can catch a number of the sessions on your digital devices this year. Here's a complete listing of the panels and speakers the NAB will be streaming, including FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's keynote on Tuesday afternoon.

The name of the panel is called "Coffee and Conversation with Deborah Parenti & John Caracciolo." Our boss and the JVC CEO will share stories about their successful career paths. And for anyone in Las Vegas today hoping to climb the ladder of success this panel, part of the Broadcast Education Association's 62th Annual Convention, is a great opportunity to pick the brains of two highly successful radio people. The panel will be held at the Westgate Resort & Casino Pavilion 3 at 2:45 pm.

The former radio man spent the past three years as CURE International’s VP of Marketing. Prior to that his radio career included working for K-LOVE in Chicago, WAY-FM in West Palm Beach, Air1 in Sacramento and Salem in Chicago. He says his new company will focus on working with radio stations and non-profit's to develop and implement custom strategies to better communicate their purpose.

(By Bob McCurdy) The benefit of a message broadcast is that it is broadly “cast.” It is inclusive, reaching all current and future users of any product/service. This is significant, as the future economic value of any consumer differs from their current economic value, due to the marketing “law of buyer moderation.”

(By Jeff McHugh) Top-performing shows today keep the audience’s attention by offering content that cannot be found anywhere else. Here are some strategies that can keep your fans coming back to your show for a memorable, unique version of content that is otherwise available everywhere.

(By Ronald Robinson) They are still at it. They can’t help themselves, and they just won’t stop. Recently, I have been paying closer attention to the pontifications of a number of radio programmers – people who really should know better. They are to the point where much of their rhetoric could be classified as “wishful muttering.” They continue to insist they are putting (alleged) facts to (alleged) truths.