This week Larry Gifford (@giffordtweet) examines 13 ways radio approached its coverage of Robin Williams suicide. He uses samples from Fox News Radio, NPR, Gil Gross, iHeartRadio, Graeme & Sarah, Kevin & Bean, Toucher & Rich, WTF with Marc Maron, Dennis Miller, Jay Mohr, Michael Medved, Michael Smerconish, CBC, Gresh & Zo, Alan Brazil, and Rush Limbaugh.
In Ferguson, Missouri cops are dealing with protests over a deadly police shooting of a young black man and in the process trying to restrict freedom of press.
International radio consultant Paul Chantler visited Chicago for the Morning Show Boot Camp and Skype's in from the UK with his takeaways.
Radio is helping to fight Ebola in West Africa with catchy jingles and public service programming anchored by the BBC.