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That's according to Consultant Alan Burns who says his study of 2000 women revealed that six out of every ten women know how to connect to the Internet in their car, however radio still dominates their audio listening.

KTRS announced on Friday that Jon Grayson will take over the 10 a.m. to noon shift at "The Big 550" as of March 13. Grayson worked at cross-town news-talker KMOX for 16 years before leaving the station last week. Westwood One also ended Grayson's syndicated overnight show earlier this year.

(By Bob McCurdy) There was a terrific article in ADWEEK recently by Andy Sippel, SVP at Advertising Perceptions, a business intelligence firm that serves the ad industry. It was titled, “Reach Is The New Black: Advertising’s Mass Re-Awakening,” with a sub-title that read, “Narrow Targeting Has Its Uses But TV and Radio Offer Greater Impact.” It got me thinking...

Kevin Musselman has been named VP & GM for Adams Radio Group’s Fort Wayne cluster. Musselman has been with Adams in Fort Wayne since it entered the market via the acquisition of Oasis Radio and Summit City Radio Group. From 2007 to 2012 he served in GSM and GM roles for Federated Media.

Three promotions for the company on the Island: Christina Kay will take over the Afternoon Drive slot on Hot AC WALK 97.5; Joe Varecha is promoted to Marketing Director and Michael Keeney has been promoted to Promotions Director overseeing events and contesting for the five radio stations.

From Wall Street investors to your local direct sales, ratings, and technology, Hispanic radio leadership’s perspective on today’s industry will help you navigate what’s coming tomorrow. And at Radio Ink's Hispanic Radio Conference next month, Jose Valle will moderate this exciting panel discussion

In his latest Media Unplugged, Mark Ramsey points out that Apple CEO Tim Cook argues that fake news is “killing people’s minds.” Ramsey disagrees. "Not only do we think that Tim is dead wrong, we also think he’s powerless to change the state of things." In this episode of Media Unplugged Ramsey says he and Tom Asacker go inside what’s really going on in media.

Wheatstone has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Pacific Research & Engineering from GatesAir (formerly Harris Broadcast) for an undisclosed amount.

Saga Communications’ six station cluster in Jonesboro, Arkansas partnered with Raycom Media’s KAIT-TV in Jonesboro for a Wishathon. An astounding $351,123 was raised for the Make-A-Wish foundation.

At Thursday's NABA Future of Audio Symposium in Washington, DC, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said you could make a case that all smartphones should have their FM Chips activated on public safety grounds alone. However he said because he is a free market kind of guy he cannot support a government mandate requiring activation of the chips.