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The Hispanic audience, according to the latest Nielsen "State of The Media" report out last week. Another reason for you to attend the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference in Fort Lauderdale March 22 and 23.

Strategic Radio Solutions, a strategic marketing firm specializing in media, announced the transition of their brand name to Strategic Solutions Research.

(by Paul Weyland) Broadcast stations bring me into their markets to visit with their local direct clients. Many of those meetings turn out great. I’m able to give a local direct decision-maker long-term marketing and advertising strategies. They appreciate the advice and usually start spending much more money than they were previously with the station.

I’ll make this one short. If you haven’t heard the news, here’s what I tell clients now. Social media is important. Absolutely. However, it is micro. That doesn’t mean it isn’t important. It’s personal.

In a recent release, media man Mark Ramsey made a number of astute observations about radio -- observations that deserve greater dissemination and, even more, serious consideration.

Hubbard's 101.9-FM THE MIX (WTMX) has added Chris Reese to its on-air lineup. Reese will take over as evening host (7 p.m. to 12 a.m.) replacing Finnigan, who left WTMX to take a job at KOIT in San Francisco as morning show co-host.

Newsday reported that Tom Coughlin, Joe Torre, Bobby Valentine, Jeff Van Gundy, and Mark Messier will be among the guests when the two former WFAN co-hosts reunite for one show on March 30 at Radio City Music Hall. The show is sold out and will be simulcast on MSG Plus, WFAN, and SiriusXM Satellite Radio. Picture courtesy Newsday.

Entercom Sacramento says it recruited Corey Hyde from Pandora to fill its open GSM position.

92.3 WIL St. Louis has announced the impending arrival of their new morning show hosts. Beginning Monday, March 14, St. Louis’s New Country station will debut the Bud and Broadway show weekdays from 5-9 a.m.

On February 19, the Georgia Association of Broadcasting inducted four broadcast icons into its Hall of Fame during a ceremony that included remarks from several legends of the industry and past Hall of Fame inductees.