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Cox Media Group's KISS 104.1 (WALR) in Atlanta teamed up with community partners for the 3rd Annual "Shoesday" Giveaway, where morning personalities Toni & Tony helped give out $150 gift cards to a local shoe store to 200 families just in time for back-to-school season.

Sometimes, you don't need a bigger budget to be remembered, just the right channel. Katz Radio Group's latest brand lift study found that a localized over-the-air radio campaign strengthened three key areas for a regional bank with national competitors.

Television broadcasters just got their regulatory win; is radio next? The NAB says the FCC's recent move to loosen national TV ownership limits has created new momentum for the continued fight over how many radio stations a single company can own in a market.

The debt Connoisseur took on in its Alpha Media acquisition is reshaping who can invest in the company. The FCC approved the broadcaster's request to allow up to 100% foreign equity ownership, clearing a path around a cap that pending transactions threatened to trigger.

Ask a successful program director what they're proud of, and you may expect it to be the ratings book, but it turns out that what comes up instead is people: the ones who showed up, raised the money, earned the awards, and in some cases, changed entire communities.

(Loyd Ford) Yeah, yeah, yeah. We all know “The more people you see, the more people you sell.” But local radio selling was never meant to happen entirely through email attachments and texts. Radio is a relationship business, and relationships grow faster face-to-face.

(Steve Allan) Contesting on the radio is almost as old as the medium itself. Most stations today are stuck with the nationwide cash contest. Most of the winners come from somewhere else. Nothing screams local like hearing a winner with a thick Boston accent on a promo in Louisville.

Ed Levine is stepping down as head of Galaxy Media Partners. The company's Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer plans to retire later this year after 36 years leading the Central and Upstate New York broadcaster he built into a regional player.

Tami Rumfelt is moving from Program Director to General Manager at Extra Mile Media, taking charge of Hope 107.9 (KHPE) and KWIL AM 790/FM 96.9 across Oregon's Willamette Valley, succeeding Scott Michaels, who departed the company earlier this year.

Days after a contentious ownership deregulation vote split the FCC along party lines, the commission's Republican majority could soon grow by one. President Donald Trump has picked Danielle Thumann Severs, a senior counsel to Chairman Brendan Carr, to fill one of two open commissioner seats.