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The National Football League and SiriusXM have agreed to a five-year extension of their broadcasting and marketing agreement. That's good news for SiriusXM subscribers, and extends an arrangement dating to 2004. And, for SiriusXM, there's a particular sweetness to the new deal, as it will become the exclusive third-party audio provider of every NFL game across North America. What does this mean to SiriusXM subscribers?

The Museum of Broadcast Communications has unveiled the nine new inductees into the Radio Hall of Fame for 2022. The 2022 Radio Hall of Fame inductees will be honored at the in-person 2022 Radio Hall of Fame Induction ceremony on November 1 at Chicago’s Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel.

On the WTCC-FM lineup serving Western Massachusetts is a weekly program hosted by a state representative. With an election looming, that's something frustrating his challenger, who has filed a complaint with the FCC seeking his exit — something a candidate for Lee County, Fla., School Board did in exiting the morning show of a popular Top 40 radio station owned by Beasley Media Group.

"I swear it still feels like podcasting is just getting started." That's a quote from iHeartMedia Digital Audio Group CEO Conal Byrne, speaking to Yahoo! Finance's Ali Canal and two colleagues. They participated in a 10-minute conversation distributed Friday by the online financial news organization, and it put a big spotlight on the nation's No. 1 audio creation and distribution company's podcasting prowess.

After being warned, the licensee of a low-power FM radio station serving Marion, Ohio, in the midst of a license revocation hearing tied to a misrepresentation issue still does not have legal counsel. It must lawyer up by July 27, or it will lose its license, the FCC has declared.

Take a drive down Dinah Shore Blvd. in Cathedral City, Calif., and you may spot a vintage radio station home, with studios once used by the likes of Frank Sinatra. The company now operating out of this facility has just inked an agreement that's decided to give its AM with heritage market branding some more "FM revitalization."

"ZoneCasting," seen by some as an "addressable advertising" and hyperlocal opportunity for Radio and a harbinger of sales rate doom by others, is something a collection of independent broadcasters want the option to use at their respective stations. And, they've come together in an attempt to convince the head of the NAB, Curtis LeGeyt, to amend his position on the matter.

In 2003, the father of the late husband of Beth Neuhoff founded Neuhoff Communications, which today owns 20 radio stations, in addition to sixteen locally focused digital music, information and entertainment sites. It properties can be found in Illinois and in Indiana. Soon, Ms. Neuhoff will be saying goodbye to her day-to-day oversight of the company.

The NAB has filed reply comments with the FCC that once again demonstrate its view that the Commission's proposed Fiscal Year 2022 regulatory fees "subject local radio broadcasters" to a cumulative 13% rate hike.

The NAB has filed comments with the FCC in response to its NPRM concerning various options for the use of TV channel 6 spectrum. In its comments, the broadcast media advocacy and lobbying group argued that the existing 13 "FM6" stations licensed as VHF Channel 6 should be allowed to continue operation as presently authorized.

The winners will be announced October 19 at the Marconi Radio Awards Dinner held during NAB Show New York. It's a move from the Radio Show, the now-defunct autumn conference co-produced by the Radio Advertising Bureau and NAB until the pandemic.

For 20 years, not every licensee has followed the FCC's online political file rules, resulting in Consent Decrees for many. Add Connoisseur Media, led by Jeff Warshaw, to the list of operators settling a political file filing snafu with the signing of a decree.

Thanks to its grandfathered status, a Cumulus Media FM serving the Central Coast of California enjoys 105,000 watts of power, with a Class B signal stretching from Thousand Oaks to the south to San Luis Obispo to the north. Today, that facility is Classic Hits KRUZ-FM, and this station, along with its three siblings focused on Ventura County, now have a new Operations Manager.

Here's a positive takeaway from the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Radio report: Activity from actual, fully-paid advertising dominates for the first time in a while, pushing iHeartMedia-related promotional spot plays off the latest list.

It's the licensee of WBLS and "Hot 97" in New York, and a partnership that sees Rahsan-Rahsan Lindsay serve as CEO and Jeff Smulyan hold a massive, minority interest in the station formerly owned by his Emmis Communications. Both stations were cited by the FCC for political file issues. Now, they've each signed consent decrees to resolve the matter.