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In May, Curtis Media Group acquired an FM translator covering much of Raleigh. One month later, it began simulcasting a Class D  AM, but then suddenly shifted to a different originating station -- one presently airing all-Christmas music. The FCC just left a small lump of coal in their holiday stocking, thanks in part to that shift.

This individual rose through the ranks at "Power 105.1", which he joined in 2004, and at iHeart's New York station group. Now, this ex-Cox Radio NTR pro and GM of Austrian CHR network Kronehit is rising to the presidency of iHeart's Gotham group.

The head of Colonial Media + Entertainment is gaining minority interest in an AM with a construction permit for a Class D facility, along with two FM translators. The properties are in Maryland, in a busy corridor between Baltimore and the Delaware state line.

The FCC has denied a Petition for Reconsideration filed by a Modesto, Calif., individual who challenged an application for an FM translator submitted by the nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations. It affirms a decision that iHeartMedia didn't violate any rules during its debtor-in-possession status.

It's the most wonderful time of the year ... for job changes. Entercom has taken an outsized role of late with high-profile leadership changes at its Chicago and Washington, D.C., station groups, respectively. Now, a change in command of its San Diego stations is about to take place.

The Miami of 2019 is very different than that of 47 years ago, let alone 1984, when new construction displaced One Biscayne Tower as the tallest structure in South Florida. It's perhaps therefore fitting that the FMs using this tower are set to relocate to new facilities -- on a higher structure nearby.

RBR+TVBR has confirmed that Entravision Communications' national radio spot services will cease operations at the end of 2019. But, the overall sales and marketing arm specializing in Spanish-language media platforms — Entravision Solutions — will continue.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America has launched its annual year-end appeal in conjunction with Giving Tuesday, a nationwide movement of charitable giving. The Foundation’s drive asks for tax-deductible personal donations to the Guardian Fund and corporate contributions to the Angel Initiative.

It's not often that an FM translator can command a sizable sum of money. But, given the right signal contour, market size, and billing potential, sometimes there's an outsized price that's agreed upon. That appears to be the case in Houston, where a big deal has just been finalized.

In recent years, four stations owned by Radioactive LLC serving Michigan's Upper Peninsula have been operated by another company via a local programming and marketing agreement. Now, that arrangement is converting an LMA into outright ownership.

Here's a pair of closings that come right before the Thanksgiving Day holiday. One involves two big New York FMs now formally owned by a joint venture that sees its now-former licensee's founder and CEO team up with Soo Kim -- the head of a company that just acquired several radio and TV stations.

After more than a decade at the company's New England stations, including a run as Station Manager of Sports Talk WEEI-FM in Boston, a veteran Entercom sales pro is going to work for Jim Morrell. But, is there more to the story? Don't count on it, brokers say.

In this RBR+TVBR Observation, our editor-in-chief comments on the rise of recording artist Arizona Zervas, an internet sensation who was recently signed to a major record label and is now getting global attention thanks to Radio. His point: Spotify, and Radio, are guilty of lack of external exposure.

The regional office for the National Labor Relations Board has asked Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) to comply in part by Friday with a unilateral settlement agreement in connection with what performers union SAG-AFTRA calls "a series of unfair labor practices."

In August, five markets received their first Nielsen "CDM" results. It was the highlight of a month's-long move designed to provide advertisers and radio's sales teams with more reliable listener data. That's come to an abrupt end in two markets. The reason may be simple.