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The Most In-Demand Digital Sales Skill For 2026 + Radio's Season of Giving Is Poised To Break All-Time Record + Cold Shower Reaps Hot Rewards
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How Radio’s Top Digital Sellers Are Preparing for 2026 Demands, 2025 Giving Tally at $28M With One Week to Beat All-Time Record
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Radio Headlines For Monday 12/29/25

Jeff WarshawFollowing a transformative year that saw the company enter the top 10 US radio operators by revenue after acquiring Alpha Media’s assets, Connoisseur Media CEO Jeff Warshaw has been named Radio Ink’s 2026 Executive of the Year. [read more]

digital changeDigital transformation is redefining how radio sells, measures, and proves value. Now Radio's Top Digital Sales Professionals reveal the capabilities every seller will need next year, from attribution and data fluency to talent-led digital influence. [read more]



Season of Giving 2025Radio’s generosity has once again proven boundless. With new totals pouring in from St. Jude Radiothons and dozens of local holiday drives, Radio Ink’s 2025 Season of Giving Tally has now surpassed $28 million in charitable impact and is inches away from 2024's total. [read more]



Michael G Stanton Shower Bold GoldBold Gold Media’s Pocono Lake Region stations, 95.3 DNH The Rail, Classic Hits 105.3, and Wayne-Pike News Radio, once again turned up the heat on holiday giving with one very cold shower and another signature fundraising tradition, doubling their initial goals. [read more]

Loyd Ford(Loyd Ford) What if you could build a system that guaranteed you’d outperform your 2026 goals - not by chance, but by design? That’s exactly what The Six Horses of Sales Overperformance are built to do. These six traits drive consistent, repeatable success. [read more]



Steve Allan(Steve Allan) You may have seen the highlights of iHeartMedia’s “AudioCon 3.0: The Human Consumer” in Radio Ink's headlines. It reinforced the idea that too many humans are spending way too much time staring at screens. This is what stuck out for me: [read more]

WALK 97.5Ahead of its Cares for Kids Radiothon, Connoisseur Media Long Island’s WALK 97.5 (WALK) partnered with Mid Island Collision Centers on December 16 to deliver holiday gifts to more than 50 hospitalized children in Rockville Centre and Carle Place. [read more]



churchAs Christian radio continues to grow in reach, impact, and influence across both commercial and non-commercial platforms, Radio Ink is proud to announce our first-ever issue focused exclusively on Christian radio, publishing in March, and with it a new list. [read more]

Leslie LaneyTampa’s WUSF Public Media has chosen Leslie Laney as its next General Manager. Laney succeeds JoAnn Urofsky, who announced her retirement in October after leading the University of South Florida-licensed public broadcaster for more than two decades. [read more]



Tom WhalenLocal Daily Media morning host Tom Whalen has announced his impending retirement from 99.9 Free Country (WFRE), effective in January. Whalen, who joined WFRE on March 8, 1999, has been a fixture in Frederick, MD, radio after settling in the city in 1992. [read more]
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Big Buck WROQAudacy has flipped Greenville’s WROQ from Classic Rock to Country, debuting 101.1 Big Buck Country, while the company strengthens its rock presence on 93.3 The Planet (WTPT), including a familiar voice from the former WROQ lineup. [read more]



US Ski and SnowboardComplementing its upcoming coverage of the Milano Cortina Winter Games, iHeartMedia has penned a new multi-year partnership with US Ski & Snowboard, the sport's national governing body, as its Official Radio and Podcast Media Partner. [read more]
 
 
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