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SiriusXM's business model is a good one, Jim Meyer tells Wall Street.

With Tim Westergren back at the helm, Pandora negotiates with labels over its planned on-demand service.

Too many off-air stints meant this licensee lost its license.

ASCAP reported record-breaking royalty distributions in 2015.

Television network and ad agency execs predict a stronger TV upfront for 2016-2017.

Comcast said this week it will pay $41 a share in cash to purchase DreamWorks Animation.

Meredith Corp. did very well with political advertising early in the year.

Erwin Krasnow explains the roles of brokers and buyers in a transaction.

Georgia-based Toccoa Falls College is selling four stations and two FM translators. The stations are: WRAF and WTXR, Toccoa Falls, Georgia; WEPC, Belton, South Carolina and WPFJ, Franklin, North Carolina. {lock} Lakeland, Florida-based Radio Training Network is the buyer. Jim Campbell is president/CEO and holds 17% of the equity. The price is $2.1 million cash. The buyer agreed to make a $100,000 deposit which will be placed in escrow and applied to the total purchase price. All four stations are noncommercial and the buyer has sked the FCC to waive the main studio rule so it can operate them as a satellite of WLFJ-FM, Greenville, South Carolina. The two FM translators are licensed to Franklin, N.C. and Lilburn, Georgia. WRAF is a Class C1 FM with an ERP of 100,000 watts @ 564’ HAAT; it operates on 90.9 MHz. WTXR is off the air; it has an ERP of 400 watts @ 138’ HAAT; it operates on 89.7 MHz. WEPC is a Class C2 FM with an ERP of 50,000 watts @ 299’ HAAT; it operates on 88.5 MHz. WPFJ is a Class B AM with 5,000 watts day/13 watts night; it operates on 1480 kHz from a single tower.

Farmers and others associated with the agriculture industry overwhelmingly listen to AM/FM the most for their news.

Brian Winnekins hopes the FCC will soon make some decisions about the next steps in its efforts to revitalize AM broadcasting.

The LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition is concerned about the TV spectrum repack.

Smartphones now rival radio, TVs as a media platform.

The Senate Commerce Committee passed FCC-related bills.

Ezra Kucharz is leaving his post as president of CBS Local Digital Media.