Interviews

With days left to nominate the 2025 Top 20 Leaders in Radio, Radio Ink checks in with some of last year’s honorees. Today we talk to Allen Power, Salem Media Group's President of Broadcast Media, for his wisdom on opportunities and challenges.

While national headlines dwell on media despair and disruption, local radio operators are writing a different story. Across small towns and regional markets, independent broadcasters are proving that algorithms can't beat community, as Radio Ink explores.

It will come as no surprise to anyone that's been in radio for longer than a month that Mary Quass was voted one of radio's 20 best leaders. She's respected by every executive in the industry and loved by her employees, as we found out during the voting. Our Top 20 Leaders list is out this week and the NRG CEO did pretty well this year. Here are just some of the comments we received from the people Quass leads...

Part of Radio Ink's mission is to find radio's future stars and bring you their stories. Brandy “Beasy Baybie” Henshaw is the afternoon host on Alpha Media's Hot 103.9/93.9 in Columbia, SC. She's also featured in the upcoming Radio Ink issue "Future African American Leaders in Radio," which starts mailing across the country on March 19.

Ahead of NAB Show 2025, Radio Ink caught up with Benztown President Dave “Chachi” Denes to talk AI in production, tech trends to watch on the show floor, and how this year’s event is setting the stage for radio’s future.

With nominations open for Radio Ink's 2026 Top 20 Leaders in Radio, we're reconnecting with some of the industry's brightest minds featured in last year's list. Today, take a minute with Nueva Network CEO Jose Villafañe to tap into his vision on radio's evolving landscape.

That's just one of the questions we asked Nielsen Audio Managing Director Brad Kelly in his May 22 Radio Ink cover story interview. A lot of industry revenue, and a lot of industry jobs, ride on the ratings. In the top 50 markets those ratings are determined by the Portable People Meter. What is Brad Kelly doing at Nielsen to make your radio life better?

(By Rob Dumke) Getting noticed in one of the top five banking markets in the country and the third-largest radio market in the U.S. is a daunting task. Matt Doubleday, CMO for Wintrust Financial Corp. of Chicago, does it every day... with radio.

Here at the halfway mark of 2025, Radio Ink spoke with five top leaders from across the industry to share their perspectives on the most significant developments so far, how their priorities have evolved, and what they’re focused on as the second half of the year unfolds.

Something we love to do here at Radio Ink is to find and highlight stations that produce great content. 1010 WINS in New York City is a station that makes our job easy. A year ago the station produced a series addressing the growing heroin epidemic that's gripping the nation. Here's what Director of News and Programming Ben Mevorach and his team are up to now...