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Each year, Radio Ink's Forecast closing panel features the visionaries and ultimate deciders of the broadcasting industry’s future direction. This Executive Super Session, as it has come to be called, is your opportunity to hear from those who wield the power to chart broadcasting's course. Where do they see radio headed in 2024?

Good news for radio's short-term forecast: the medium's largest advertiser, Procter & Gamble Co., is ramping up its advertising spend, marking a $445 million increase in its first fiscal quarter akin to a comparable increase the quarter before.

The Illinois Broadcasters Association has announced that Max Armstrong will be the 2023 honoree of the IBA/W. Russell Withers Jr Downstate Broadcast Pioneer Award. Armstrong, a veteran agricultural broadcaster, garnered national acclaim over his nearly 50-year career.

iHeartMedia Nashville's 107.5 The River (WRVW) has introduced a reshuffled lineup for mornings, now branded as Ricki, Zac & Manno in the Morning. The new addition to the team is Kevin Manno, who joins existing hosts Ricki Sanchez and Zac Woodward.

As Waco, TX morning show host Jim Cody battles liver cancer, the community is rallying around him. Zack Owen, who has co-hosted the Zack & Jim Show on iHeartMedia's Waco 100 with Cody for three decades, announced a benefit for him and his family.

Former Syracuse men's basketball head coach Jim Boeheim is reportedly close to expanding his radio presence. College basketball insider Jon Rothstein claims Boeheim is finalizing a deal with Westwood One as a radio analyst for the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

Happy Friday! This week’s Blast From The Past comes from Clark Smidt at WEZE-AM in Boston in April 1977. Send your Blast From The Past to our Online Editor Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.

After a quarter-century stint on Milwaukee's airwaves, Good Karma Brands radio host Jeff Wagner has announced his retirement from WTMJ. Wagner, a former assistant US Attorney, began as a part-time host in 1998 before taking on a full-time role later that year.

Spotify has released more details on Emmy Award-winner and comedian Trevor Noah's new original podcast with the company. What Now? With Trevor Noah is slated to premiere on Thursday, November 9 after the company announced the $4m deal in June.

Tackling the persistent issue of background noise in audio recording, music software developer Tape It has unveiled its AI-driven Denoiser. The web-based application is designed to automatically eliminate environmental and electrical noises for "studio-quality output."