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(By Ronald Robinson) One of my enthusiastic detractors wrote something in a comment following my last piece that might, possibly, represent the crux of contemporary radio’s position on its own communicative strategies. His missive included the following: “…wonderment on why you obsess over such small s***.”

Wired Magazine shows NextRadio some love with a feature article online. The article states, as Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan has been saying for years, that every smartphone in the world has an FM tuner built in, however so many of them are never flipped on. The article also highlights the important role radio plays when a tragedy or disaster strikes.

Because Television is the darling of the company, details about the CBS Radio division hardly ever see the light of day. That all changes when the radio division gets spun-off and goes public. According to The Wall Street Journal CBS Radio lost $136 million in 2015. That from the IPO the company filed Friday for its Radio division. The Journal reports CBS Radio revenue declined 6% to $1.23 Billion in 2015.

Steve Harvey, Delilah, Michael Savage, Bob Kingsley, Eric and Kathy and Jeff & Jer lead the list of radio personalities going into the National Radio Hall of Fame this year. The results were announced this morning.

98.5 KLUC (Las Vegas) has a jock to really boast about. Morning show host Chet Buchanan has received “The Best of the Silver State XIV” Humanitarian Award. Buchanan spends countless hours with dozens of charities throughout Southern Nevada, and also sits on the board of numerous nonprofits. The Silver State XIV awards will be presented on July 23rd.

Craig Stevens (pictured) has been named Format Captain for Spoken Word stations, and Jimmy Steele will replace Stevens as Program Director for Y102 and Rumba 92.3 FM, as well as join the Y102 Morning Show as a co-host, effective immediately, according to iHeartMedia’s Allentown-Harrisburg region.

After six months away from the show, doing her own Podcast, she’s back. Kristi Lee rejoins the team of Westwood One’s Bob & Tom Show as of today. Lee said, "I am thrilled to be back on the Bob & Tom Show...even though I fully expect to be interrupted by the boys on a regular basis…again.”

You can’t keep a good Ram down. Colorado State University is welcoming back Brian Roth who will reclaim the play-by-play role for CSU’s football and men’s basketball broadcasts, and serve as host of the Rams’ coaches’ shows.

Although the company did not specify how the money for digital was spent with Emmis, the company reported an increase in digital revenue of 35% in March, April, and May. That helped offset national business and local spot business being down in the low single-digits. Automotive continues to be Emmis' largest category, making up 13% of its quarterly revenue. The restaurant and cellular businesses were up, and the financial and media categories were the weakest.