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A Class C1 FM with a booming signal over the Texas Gulf Coast, known to Spanish speakers as "the hot one," is about to go up in flames. That's because the No. 2 licensee of radio stations in the U.S. is about to give it a burst of contemporary Christian music, through its pending ownership.

A broadcast licensee led by Michael V. Call, who has attributable ownership interest in Mav Radio Holdings Inc., has obtained full ownership of a Class FM with no less than 4 boosters designed to give this facility full-market coverage of the Salt Lake City market.

The parent company of the TV One cable TV network, national radio arm Reach Media and the group of radio stations that serves as its core media assets has achieved an early settlement of its previously announced Tender Offer to purchase its 9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020.

A newly formed entity whose principals include Joe Schwartz, Dana Withers and John R. Beck Jr. has just closed on its purchase of a group of stations serving Northern Arizona.

The partnership is effective January 1, 2019, and creates a new range of customization opportunities for advertisers using Alpha Media's stations, Skyview Networks notes.

Here's your chance to honor the radio industry executive, air personality or AM or FM station serving U.S. Hispanics in ways no others do. Make your nominations now for the 2019 Medallas de Cortez awards — the symbol of excellence in Hispanic radio. The window closes Friday!

To learn why Lazer Broadcasting is bringing its take on regional Mexican programming to the nation, and how both Envision and SuiteRadio are involved, Josh Mednick sat down with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson in this lively and informative Hispanic Radio Podcast.

A Boston-based investment firm appears to have ironed out its differences with the entity representing iHeartMedia's legacy noteholders — a sign that iHeart's release from debtor-in-possession status by a Houston-based bankruptcy court is chugging along toward a January 2019 resolution.

Some 64 air miles north of Duluth, Minn., lies the city of Babbitt. It recently made headlines for a transaction involving Duke Wright's Midwest Communications and Aurora Broadcasting. Now, Aurora is spinning two of the three stations it obtained in that deal.

Thanks to two FM translators, one AM radio station has enjoyed a renaissance that puts an exclamation point on the idea of "AM revitalization." Now, Entercom wants to replicate that success seen in Buffalo.

In March 2016, an AM/FM combo serving Eufala, Ala., was reported sold by a South Carolina-based operator. That deal never happened, and there's good reason as to why. Meanwhile, the operator was accused of cutting short a contest at the FM, with the prizes being handed to an employee.

Everyone loves a feel-good story about the power of radio, right? Well, two big chain store retailers seem to love spot radio right now, based on the activity seen in the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Radio report.

All's quiet in the Houston courtroom presided by the Hon. Marvin Isgur. But, that was hardly the case earlier this week, as iHeartMedia's plan confirmation hearing was pushed back, as expected, for several weeks. Concurrently, iHeart's Jelli deal was signed, sealed and approved -- with no details revealed.

The iHeartRadio Music Awards are getting a big face lift in 2019. The venue has been shifted from Inglewood, Calif., to downtown Los Angeles. And, it will be moving from a trio of cable TV networks to broadcast TV, widening the live telecast's reach.

It's been a rough month on Wall Street for AI-powered audio attribution firm Veritone Inc. The company's stock continues to trade at all-time lows. On Wednesday, a 10.3% dip was registered even as a new pact with Univision was announced. Why? A law firm is investigating potential claims against the Veritone board for a previously unannounced proposed company sale.