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New research from Triton Digital shows that smart speaker growth with respect to AM/FM radio station streaming consumption is growing at a healthy clip. At the same time, the smartphone remains flat. Still, mobile consumption remains higher than that of a smart speaker — for now.

Nine heads of Indiana-based corporations wrote a letter to Gov. Mike Pence

He's had a 46-year career in radio that included roles as CBS Radio/San Francisco SVP/Market Manager from 2005 through late 2017. He was also VP/National PD for the former EZ Communications. In May 2018, he was lured to lead Cumulus Media's Bay Area stations. Now, Doug Harvill is ready to conclude his career in radio broadcasting.

Four siblings are buying an AM-FM in North Dakota & keeping up tradition.

The Region President for iHeartMedia's St. Louis; Des Moines; Cedar Rapids-Iowa City; Quad Cities; and Springfield, Mo. radio stations and associated digital assets is packing up and returning to Virginia's Tidewater region.

A three-year battle for an LPFM ends with the pending arrival of a facility sharing the same frequency as three other nearby stations.

Andrew Curran, President/COO of DMR/Interactive, has penned an "open letter" to radio that takes aim at the industry's unfulfilled opportunity to attract women between 18 and 49 years of age who are struggling to hold their families and careers together. And, he's provided RBR+TVBR with an exclusive addendum to his widely distributed comments.

Eleven models are currently available; three will ship by end of December

Its licensee name is Prairie Winds Broadcasting, but in its home market of Aberdeen, S.D., the state's third-largest city, it operates as Hub City Radio. Here, it owns six full-power radio stations and two FM translators. Now, a third FM translator is being added to the mix. The seller? An entity that's poised to assume ownership of Ed Stolz's former FM properties.

"This year is going to be a year of transition for all of us," says association president James Winston. What sort of challenges may lie ahead for African American radio and TV broadcasters? Here's what Winston had to say to NABOB members.

What's the typical day behind the scenes at Beasley Media Group? CEO Caroline Beasley on Friday morning offered listeners a live Radio Ink interview on the Clubhouse app an inside peek at life at the audio media and eSports company.

The company revealed in an SEC filing late Wednesday that its former CEO, who exited the post in October 2015 but remained a key member of the Cumulus Media Board of Directors, resigned as the board's Vice Chairman on Monday. Who's replacing Dickey? The change is all in the family.

Just in time for Mother's Day is a report that suggests buying a smart speaker for Momma isn't a good idea. Why? She's likely already got one, and uses it a lot. That's the basis of data analysis of moms and smart speakers from the Edison Research/Triton Digital series The Infinite Dial that also takes info from Edison's The Social Habit.

Attorney Henry Gradstein contends that there is "no question" that in Florida, a recording artist owns their audio recordings. Gradstein is representing Flo & Eddie in a Florida Supreme Court case now underway that will determine whether Sirius XM is liable for royalty payments for pre-1972 recordings.

The owners of a Macy's warehouse located on Gandy Blvd. midway between downtown Tampa and St. Petersburg, Fla., have moved forward with buying the neighboring property due east of the facility facing the Selmon Expressway. It's a multimillion-dollar deal. And, it will see the relocation of iHeartMedia's radio stations serving the Tampa Bay region.