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(By Randi West) Is radio ready for a digital wakeup call? You should be, especially when it comes to how listeners consume content today. We MUST be where our audiences are. There are over 7.2 billion smartphones worldwide, up from 6.95 billion in 2020.

A pair of MHz-band radio stations serving a rural area of Alabama to the north of Mobile could end up seeing their call letters deleted and their licenses revoked. What happened? The stations' owner has overdue regulatory fees the FCC wants — or else.

Updated projections for the 2023-2024 election cycle have been released by Adimpact, and it now expects election-related dollars to hit a record-breaking $10.7 billion in political ad spending. But, how much will Radio actually get? It's paltry.

With reduced power, an AM radio station licensed to Lamesa, Tex., is getting attention from local media for its return to the air after a noticeable absence.

Leave it to the House Energy & Commerce Committee to give the five voting members of the FCC one week — including the Independence Day holiday — to prepare for a just-announced oversight hearing convened by outgoing Republican Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

As Radio Ink reported earlier this week, Greg Beharrell is no longer with WKQX "Q101" in Chicago, the Alternative station owned by Cumulus Media. We now know who is taking the 7pm-midnight slot at the station.

In Eastern Washington's biggest market, they were last heard on Morgan Murphy Media's KEZE "Hot 96.9." Now, the Joey & Lauren program will be heard on a clustermate in Spokane, effective Monday (7/8).

Registration is now open for an Edison Research webinar that explores "the unique audio listening habits of U.S. female sports fans and show how they interact with sports beyond the field." 

It's a small city in Southern Montana along Interstate 90 where Townsquare Media operates five radio brands at radio stations that are part of the company's foundation. Now, it has promoted its Director of Sales to Market President.

At Classic Hits WRBQ-FM in Tampa-St. Petersburg, you'll hear the air personality many may know as Todd Schnitt using his music radio persona, "MJ," in morning drive. For the last four years, one of his show sidekicks has been "Froggy." As of today, he's no longer with the station due to budget cuts.