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“This extension helps us understand how Continuous Diary Measurement and Local Nielsen Media Impact may help drive advertising results while we work together to measure audio engagement for local station content and national network content moving forward,” says Cumulus Media EVP/Operations Bob Walker. 

Unless emergency interim action is taken by the FCC by March 30, four AM radio stations serving the St. Louis market -- and an FM translator assigned to one of these AMs -- will be "irretrievably lost." That's a take given by the MMTC's President Emeritus and Senior Advisor, David Honig. He wants the Commission to do what it can to preserve the stations and prevent their death.

U.S. financial markets soared in a major way on Monday, as coronavirus-fueled losses seen last week brought out the bargain hunters. The result: a 5.1% gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, while the S&P500 improved by 4.6% and Nasdaq was up by 4.5%. How did radio and TV businesses fare?

He may be low on delegates and votes thus far, but former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg is seemingly pulling out all the stops ahead of March 3's "Super Tuesday" primary elections by continuing to dominate all Spot TV campaigns and boosting his efforts at Spot Cable. Bloomberg has also bumped up his radio efforts, and is now at the top of the Spot Ten Radio report.

In the last year, Connoisseur Media took a hard look at its collection of assets and made a decision to focus its entire business on a Maryland city that's more of a Washington suburb than ever, and stations that touch the New York City metropolitan area from Connecticut and Long Island. Now, the company headed by Jeff Warshaw is expanding. But, it's not buying any additional radio stations.

Educational Media Foundation's latest big-market buy is the station formerly known as WAAF, in Westborough, Mass., and serving a swath of Massachusetts from Springfield to much of Boston. EMF made another deal this week, one that involves a silent FM in a picturesque part of the Rocky Mountain State.

The FCC has issued a Public Notice seeking input on the state of the communications marketplace to inform the Commission’s required assessment of the state of competition in the communications marketplace in its second Communications Marketplace Report (2020 Communications Marketplace Report) to Congress.

It wasn't so long ago where many brokers and attorneys were looking at Monte Spearman and his High Plains Radio Network as an active buyer of radio stations. Multiple activity in the last week now suggests he's refining his stable of assets by selling those deemed non-essential by the regional broadcast company.

As the head of Radio One Buffalo, veteran Western New York radio broadcaster Buddy Shula has enjoyed considerable success in recent months with Oldies WECK-AM, and its two FM translators serving Buffalo and its closest suburbs to the north. Now, Radio One Buffalo is poised to benefit from two additional radio revenue sources. They're both based in Canada.

On June 1, 1992, a Top 40 programmer at a San Diego radio station was named PD of KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. The appointment of Kevin Weatherly to the post was a game-changer, as KROQ transitioned from the "ROQ of the '80s" to a hard-charging Alternative presentation that made it an iconic station. As of today, Weatherly is no longer associated with KROQ, or sibling "93.1 Jack FM."

The National Association of Broadcasters has announced the 50 finalists for the 33rd annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards, launched in 1987 to recognize radio stations for their outstanding year-round commitment to community service. Winners will be announced and the finalists honored at the We Are Broadcasters Celebration, held Tuesday, April 21 during the 2020 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

The nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations in July 2019 filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling with the FCC stating that its OK for 100% foreign investment would serve the public interest. Now, the FCC has set a pleading cycle, allowing the public to say whether or not what iHeart wants is really in the public's interest.

The individual who has been Vice President of Sales for Entercom Communications' Buffalo-Niagara Falls cluster since 2012 has been promoted to the role of SVP/Market Manager. The naming of J. Timothy Holly to the role comes following an investigation by the FCC's Media Bureau into political programming practices at three of Entercom's stations in the Western New York hub.

Investors and observers alike have been scrutinizing Entercom Communications and when it will start to see big dividends from its Reverse Morris Trust-fueled merger with CBS Radio. It appears that time has finally come, given the strong Q4 2019 results and positive outlook for 2020 offered by the company. Are investors convinced?

As RBR+TVBR first reported Friday, an expected surge in spending from the Mike Bloomberg for President campaign is something Cumulus Media CEO Mary Berner is looking forward to. A Townsquare Media cluster is also now airing many spots from the Democratic presidential hopeful. It appears radio's Bloomberg-powered big bucks are finally arriving, the latest Spot Ten Radio report shows.