Sonny final forecast: retirement.
For 60-years Detroit listeners have heard Sonny Eliot deliver weather forecasts on CBS Radio’s all-news “Newsradio 950” WWJ. He’ll give his last weather report Friday afternoon at 4:20 pm (ET).
Another Summer of Love winner!
A new HD radio receiver is on its way to Illini Radio Group in Champaign, IL where chief engineer Mark Spalding is the winner of Inside Radio’s final HD Radio giveaway. He’s won an iLuv i168 AM FM Radio with HD. It’s a $100 value.
Giants Of Radio to be honored. 
Former NAB CEO Eddie Fritts, longtime radio and TV host Dick Clark and pioneering black broadcaster Hal Jackson are among those being honored at the eighth annual Giants Of Radio Awards Ceremony and Luncheon October 6 in New York.
Social media second only to email.
The tried and true radio practice of “go where the listeners are” is increasingly pointing to social media. A new look at how Americans spend their mobile internet time from Nielsen gives radio another reason to build a meaningful social media presence. Here’s a big hint: Facebook is part of it.
Armada Media restructuring closes.
The financial restructuring of Fond du Lac, WI-based Armada Media has been completed. The process came to a close complete with an FCC surprise.