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The 2023 New York Festivals Radio Awards has recognized the best creative audio entries from storytellers around the world. Gold trophies were given to entries across various categories, including news coverage, podcasts, audiobooks, documentaries, dramas, entertainment, and music specials.

Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder has announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Elder, who unsuccessfully sought to replace California Governor Gavin Newsom in a recall election last year. He made the announcement on Fox News on Thursday.

Optimism was up at NAB Show 2023, and Radio Ink recaps the bright lights, big sessions, and new tech from the Las Vegas Convention Center with the industry's innovators next week. What caught the eye of radio's leaders? Check your headlines first thing on Monday morning.

Fresh from Vegas, Radio Ink's Online Editor Cameron Coats joined RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson for a NAB Show recap on The InFOCUS Podcast. The two discussed how the fight for AM took center stage and the industry's renewed optimism in the face of challenges.

Spanish Broadcasting System is set to purchase Houston gospel station KROI from Urban One for $7.5 million. Urban One is selling the station to meet FCC ownership limits after purchasing Cox Media Group's four stations in the Houston market for $27.5 million earlier in April.

A vacant radio station in San Bernardino, California was destroyed by a fire on Wednesday, April 19. Per the San Bernardino Sun, fire crews were called to the area at around 1:50p. The building used to belong to Salem Media Group's San Bernardino/Inland Empire stations.

A song that used artificial intelligence to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd has been removed from Apple Music, Spotify, and other streamers after a claim from Universal Music Group. The pseudo-collaboration between the superstars, "Heart on my Sleeve," went viral in the past week.

The man put on trial for the murder of a Detroit-area radio news anchor will be sentenced for his killing. Arthur Williamson has pleaded no contest to the first-degree murder of WWJ-AM's Jim Matthews, who was found dead in September, as well as assault with intent to murder, and unlawful imprisonment.

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission proposed new rules to enhance the Wireless Emergency Alerts system. These rules aim to make the alerts available in over a dozen languages, include thumbnail-sized images and location-aware maps in alerts, and more.

The 12th season of the true-crime podcast Small Town Dicks premieres on April 21st with a new, fourth co-host. Small Town Dicks is hosted by Yeardley Smith, along with identical twin detectives Dan and Dave, and the addition of true-crime expert Paul Holes.