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Attention, broadcast radio C-Suiters: One of your biggest competitors for audio entertainment has just expanded its relationship with the nation's leading audience measurement company as part of a plan to give marketers better ROI and optimization of their national advertising.

In late March, a Knoxville radio veteran who acquired WNFZ in 1974 and enjoyed successful on-air stints big Top 40 stations acquired an AM in what's known to some as "Scruffy City" from Kirkland Wireless Broadcasters. Now, the spin cycle is on for this market doyen: His company is selling it for the exact amount it acquired it for.

The famed college sports program has entered a multi-platform partnership with Entercom, including making Radio.com the home of a new Notre Dame channel.

Carrie Underwood’s recent interview with Westwood One’s Elaina Smith has pointed once again to the elephant in the Country radio room: Why aren’t more women featured on Country stations? Certainly, it seems an idea whose time came eons ago.

There was a flipping of the top two advertisers in this week’s Spot Ten Radio chart. The only other notable shift were the moves north for Macy’s, Diamonds Direct, and Lowe’s to enter the chart and fill the eighth, ninth, and 10th spots respectively.

In fresh reply comments filed ex parte with the FCC by the NAB, the industry's chief lobbying organization on Capitol Hill says the Commission's NPRM regarding interference conflicts between FM radio stations and FM translators includes proposals it is in favor of. This includes the ability of a translator to move to any available FM channel as a minor change to resolve interference with another station.

If you didn't think Cumulus Media was serious about diving into the burgeoning podcast marketplace, think again. Its Westwood One national audio arm revealed Thursday at the IAB Podcast Upfront seminar in New York that it is launching an entire podcast network -- one devoted to women's empowerment.

The Media Bureau has identified all remaining engineering proposals for new FM translators filed in "Auction 100" that happen to be mutually exclusive with other engineering proposals submitted in the filing window. As such, it has fixed a limited period for those applicants so they may enter into settlement agreements or otherwise resolve their mutual exclusivities by means of engineering solutions. The nation's top owner of radio stations is highly involved.

One of the summer's most sizzling stories has been the rumored sale of some, or perhaps most, of Univision Communications' AM and FM radio stations. Thus far, there's no indication that the speculation is accurate. Now, Univision has emphasized its commitment to audio content by presenting for the first time at the fourth annual IAB Podcast Upfront in New York.

A keynote presentation that promises to be one of the highlights of Radio's Financial Summit, Forecast 2019, has just been revealed. Scheduled to address attendees on November 14 at the Harvard Club in New York is CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett.

In an announcement released just after Wednesday's Closing Bell on Wall Street, United States Traffic Network (USTN) revealed that it has entered into a wind-down agreement with Entercom Communications, "its largest, and only, secured creditor." This led USTN to withdraw its lawsuit against Entercom.

Don't look now, but one of the best performing media stocks in the last 60 days is that of Townsquare Media. The company's shares have improved substantially, and are at their highest level since mid-October 2017.

When most people think of radio formats of appeal to Hispanic consumers, their minds may drift to regional Mexican, or perhaps the ever-popular "trap" music and Latin Urban reggaetón-infused sounds making waves from L.A. to Miami. There may be another big opportunity to drive growth with Latino radio listeners you've not yet considered. And, it may not even involve a format change.

The FM translator has provided a big boost to more than one AM radio station. At the same time, the FM translator has given operators an added boost through the rebroadcast of their HD multicast stations. But, are there limitations to the placement of an FM translator? That's what our Editor-in-Chief asks.

Looking for a big deal to start September with? Look no further, as a national radio network reaching more than 205 million listeners has just been acquired by one of the largest independently owned multi-platform organizations in radio. Jason Bailey and Julio Aponte Jr. will continue to hold key roles at Sun.