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Audacy received a Public Education Lifesaver Award from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for their "I'm Listening: Talk Saves Lives" program and continued support of mental health. The award was presented during AFSP's annual gala in New York City.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has declared May 16 as RadioAlabama's 75 Years of Broadcast Excellence Day to commemorate the group's first radio station's anniversary. WMLS-AM, now WYEA-AM, was founded in Sylacauga in 1948 by four young veterans.

Hubbard Washington D.C.'s National Security Correspondent JJ Green will serve as the commencement speaker for Champlain College Online's undergraduate and master's students. Green will also be awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters, honoris causa.

BBC Studios is releasing a new seven-part podcast series called Believe in Magic, which uncovers the disturbing story behind Megan Bhari's celebrity charity. The series, hosted by Jamie Bartlett, begins on May 8th on BBC Podcats Premium in the US.

Happy Oaks Day! This week’s Radio Ink Blast from the Past comes from Paul Fiddick and coincides nicely with this weekend's "Fastest Two Minutes In Sports." Send your Blast From The Past to our Online Editor Cameron Coats.

Beasley Media Group's late founder, George Beasley, and his daughter, CEO Caroline Beasley, were among the honorees at the 2023 Broadcasting + Cable Hall of Fame Gala. While not inducted into the Hall, another important name to radio was honored during the ceremony in NYC.

On Thursday, the NAB shared a letter from the Board of Directors of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting to Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow in favor of AM staying in automobiles for rural ranchers and farmers. Sen. Stabenow is chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee.

They talked to a packed room at NAB Show in Vegas last month, and now iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman and radio personality Angela Yee's session is available on demand. Both took the stage to tape a live episode of Pittman’s podcast Math & Magic: Stories From the Frontiers of Marketing.

Effective immediately, iHeartMedia Memphis has a new Market President for the seven-station cluster, and she wasted no time in getting to work. The new President will also oversee iHeart's group of six Tupelo, Mississippi stations. Then there was a frequency swap on top of that.

It's another baby step in what will likely become an outright fight between publishers and AI-generated music. Major audio streamer Spotify has pulled a number of artificial-intelligence-made tracks by the creation app Boomy, but this time it's a different issue than when UMG pulled an AI Drake and Weeknd song.