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The second annual BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting scholarship competition closes February 1, 2017, 11:59 p.m. EST. The awards are open to broadcasting students nationwide, with applicants evaluated based on their essay response, letter of recommendation, and academic record. Applicants must also be current students at accredited U.S. colleges or universities, between the ages of 17 and 24 at the time of entry...

The new weekly podcast is called EmmeStyle and is hosted by Supermodel Emme, who's known for her advocacy of a positive female body image and lifestyle. The podcast is co-produced by AdLarge and Hangar Studios, and will include guests from fashion, beauty, art, culture, money, politics, business, and health.

Popular host Guy Phillips has signed a multi-year contract extension with the St. Louis station that will keep the The Phillips & Company Morning Show (weekdays, 5.30-10 a.m.) at 98.1 KYKY-FM. The veteran broadcaster was elected to the St. Louis Radio Hall of Fame in 2006.

Former TV personality Craig Ferguson is getting his own daily program on SiriusXM. Broadcast live from Los Angeles, The Craig Ferguson Show will debut on Comedy Greats channel 94 on Monday, February 27, and air weekdays, 6-8 p.m.

Artifical Intelligence company Veritone has signed an agreement with TuneIn giving TuneIn a license to Veritone’s Cognitive Media Platform to index, analyze, search and share TuneIn’s owned and operated content. The platform enables media organizations to analyze audio and video in near real-time.

On Wednesday FCC FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn spoke to the NAB Capital Assets Conference on "Financing Minority and Women Ownership in Broadcasting." The Commissioner said owning a television or radio station is a dream. "But the hard, cold reality is this: a new entrant, with no existing license, has a supreme challenge when it comes to acquiring the capital necessary to seal a broadcast property deal."

Texarkana’s Classic Hits GM Terry Thomas sure did get a lot of national media coverage Wednesday, when he announced his station would no longer be playing Madonna after comments she made during a women's march. He said it was a matter of patriotism, not politics. He was hoping to get other stations to follow. So we contacted a few executives and programmers to get their opinion.

iHeartMedia and podcast technology company ART19 today announced a new partnership to bring ART19 podcasts to iHeartRadio and to provide podcast publishers with new insights – including data around how many listeners heard a specific advertisement and when they heard it. ART19 provides tools for hosting, distribution, and monetization of podcasts.

On the heels of the NAB's announcement that it had secured 115 signatures for its Local Radio Freedom Act, musicFIRST Coalition Executive Director Chris Israel is mocking the organization. Israel said, "Big Radio is rolling out the exact same non-binding resolution, defending the same government subsidy they have been protecting for decades."

NextRadio's TagStation is launching a new campaign measurement tool called The Dial Report. According to the team at NextRadio, this report will provide analytics and insights about radio ROI, by measuring campaign results and listener behavior for advertisers regarding their radio campaign using the NextRadio app.