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With swift growth in Central Florida and a long-term battle for listeners in Tampa Bay just getting started, Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) has nowhere to go but up along the I-4 corridor connecting Ybor City to Daytona Beach. Now, it has decided who will lead its operations in this region.

There's little movement of note on the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Radio report. But, there is one notable addition to this week's group of fully paid brands using AM and FM to reach consumers. It involves a giant in the daily fantasy sports contest and sports betting world.

In this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson chats with veteran media broker Dick Foreman, who handled some deals for Clear Channel under the late Lowry Mays' ownership, about his legacy and his many charitable efforts — including those with the Broadcasters Foundation of America.  LISTEN HERE

A retroactive raise to April 6 is part of the agreement impacting Union members at three Audacy Corp. all-News stations acquired as part of its tax-free merger with CBS Radio. "This was by no means an easy negotiation," the 57-member Audacy Bargaining Unit covering WGA East and West members shared.

He's known for his roles as host of "The Masked Singer" reality competition series on FOX and for his time on MTV and Nickelodeon. He's also the host of an eponymous syndicated radio show and a weekly Top 30 hit list. Now, this multimedia talent has been selected to host the 2022 Marconi Radio Awards Dinner during NAB Show New York.

She's been a member of the iHeartMedia family since April 2018, when she came on board as a Senior VP for UX/CX/Research at its New York corporate headquarters. Now, she's being elevated to iHeartRadio Chief Product Officer.

The nation's biggest owner of AM and FM radio stations is elevating three Market Presidents to the newly created roles of Metro Presidents. The iHeartMedia markets include Northern Ohio; the Carolinas; and the Ohio River Valley.

Skyview Networks has signed a deal with iHeartMedia's Milwaukee station group that allows it to become the play-by-play radio broadcast distributor of the Green Bay Packers National Football League club.

A brief appearance at a Podcast Movement expo booth paid for by The Daily Wire was so upsetting for at least one attendee that conference organizers apologized for his presence on Twitter. That set off a firestorm of its own, leading Cumulus Media, parent of Westwood One — syndicator of a talk show featuring this personality — to announce this week that it is severing ties with Podcast Movement. A long-awaited apology to Ben Shapiro has now arrived.

Traveling to Torino and want to listen to your favorite National Football League team's game but don't know how you'll do it? After decades of frustration for pigskin fans, TuneIn has forged an international distribution partnership that begins this weekend.

Spanish Broadcasting System has promoted Tomas N. Regalado to a position that gives him leadership over the Hispanic media company's regulatory needs while also becoming the Number Two to President/COO Albert Rodriguez.

As iHeartMedia's Multiplatform Group heads into the final months of 2022 and is starting to plan for 2023, its Chief Revenue Officer has shared what he's calling "an exciting announcement about the continuing evolution of our multiplatform sales team structure."

For the three Wall Street analysts that cover conservative Talk and Christian-themed programming specialist Salem Media Group, 6.3% sales growth had been expected for the third quarter. The average estimate for revenue in Q3 is $70.16 million. Now, Salem has revised its Q3 forecast, and expects revenue to fall below the lowest of the three estimates provided by analysts.

An unscheduled appearance by podcaster and Westwood One-distributed radio show host Ben Shapiro at a Podcast Movement conference booth proved to be so uncomfortable to at least one paid attendee that the show's organizers apologized for his attendance. The apology set off a firestorm of its own. Now, Westwood One's parent has chimed in by separating itself from any Podcast Movement activities in 2023 ... and perhaps beyond.

The audio streams for Cumulus Media's broadcast radio stations are available to all who select the TuneIn app as their preferred connection point for bringing live AM and FM stations to their digital devices. That's not going to change anytime soon, thanks to a new agreement between the two companies. In fact, more Cumulus content is on the way to TuneIn users.