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Inland from the beautiful city of Savannah, Ga., is a Class C3 25kw facility that offers Talk programming from syndicated sources including Westwood One. A deal has been struck that involves the sale of this facility. When the transaction's done, the Talk will stop — and Christian Contemporary music will fill the airwaves.

The three-hour event is designed to provide experienced professionals and entry-level job seekers with the opportunity to network with representatives from leading radio companies. Employment opportunities include radio sales, technology, management and on-air positions, among others.

Guess who just bought a property on the Jersey Shore? Educational Media Foundation has gotten what its wanted and is now an owner in the city made famous by the board game Monopoly. We spoke with the station's co-owner for the full scoop on how this unplanned deal came to be.

The FCC this week announced its next EEO audit – one limited to only 69 radio stations. No television stations or cable systems were included in the audit notice. Wilkinson Barker Knauer partner David Oxenford shares his tips on what to do if any station in your cluster is on the list of audited stations.

With all of the changes seen in the U.S. Hispanic market over the last two decades, there's one remarkable constant that's been seen: The top Spanish-language radio format today is the same format that dominated the ratings in 1998. How is this the case? As the GSM for one of America's top Regional Mexican stations shares in this exclusive Hispanic Radio Podcast, the format successfully evolved along with the listening population.

The individual who ascended to the role of Digital PD of iHeartMedia's San Francisco Bay Area station group in April 2017 following stints at such internet players as Stitcher has just been elevated to a corporate-level podcast-focused executive role. 

Just shy of two years ago, Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson agreed to take over the reins at RBR+TVBR. In doing so, he pledged that RBR+TVBR would not be another of the many radio industry trade publications to continuously offer glowing commentary about the "great" state of the business. Guess what? He's got something to say about the "pathetic" lack of presence radio presently has in two markets ripe for opportunity.

Here's a bit of news that's a long time coming: shares for the nation's second-largest radio broadcasting company by number of stations improved 3.5% in Monday's trading — to $15. Volume was scant, however, at just 132 shares traded. What other ups and downs were seen on Wall Street? iHeart is down on more bankruptcy-related news.

Four weeks after an AM and FM translator used to bring a locally originated Classic Hits to Memphis were sold, the other half of the on-air operation has been dealt. This sees a Class D AM and its two associated FM translators getting a send-off for a little bit more than the first deal's transaction price.

A 3kw Class A FM that's a rimshot to Rockford, Ill., to the north that scrapes Chicago's far-western suburbs is trading hands. The deal, which sees Media Services Group's Bob Heymann as the exclusive broker, gives Mid-Way Radio ownership of this Hot AC.

There's more sports chat to be had on the iHeartMedia app. On Monday, the popular audio streaming app added ESPN Audio’s content via a multi-year agreement.

Hot on a report from Bloomberg and a Tweet from Democratic Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel that the FCC is preparing to debate a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would address the national TV audience reach limit for television, the NAB late Friday announced that it will "urge" the Commission to "modernize outdated radio ownership rules as part of its quadrennial media ownership review proceeding planned for later this year."

For nearly a decade, this individual served as an Atlanta-based Regional VP for the second-largest radio broadcasting company in the U.S. by number of stations. He left for a four-year stint in a business development role at an engineering based systems integrator, only to return to Cumulus until June 2017. Now, he's heading to the Florida Panhandle to run a four-station cluster for Jim Leven and Bruce Mittman.

In November 2016, RBR+TVBR reported on the rebirth of a Class C 1kw AM radio station that some 40 years ago was ranked No. 1 in the Fort Lauderdale Arbitron ratings. This was spearheaded by broker Mark Jorgenson, who acquired the dark facility and brought it back to life. Now, it is being sold.