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Arizona State University has emerged as a key higher learning institution for those who seek a degree without having to attend its campuses across the Grand Canyon State. The Tempe-based school's marketing efforts largely include radio, and a new recruitment push has led ASU to increase the number of spots it has placed on AMs and FMs tracked by Media Monitors.

Its stock price is slowly recovering from reaching its lowest price in two years on Dec. 4. It ended the month of January with an appearance at the NobleCon 14, Noble Capital Markets' 14th annual investor conference and microcap showcase on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Now, Salem Media Group has been singled out as one of the "Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®" in the country. 

A man considered by many to be "a pioneer broadcaster" has died. Ray Moran, founder of Lubbock-based radio and TV station owner Ramar Communications, was 82. His death was on Feb. 11, KJTV-34 reports; industry trade publications became aware of the news on Tuesday.

The CEO of a radio broadcasting company based in the Houston-Galveston market has just been gifted a Class C3 FM facility that can be heard in three states. The value of this donation has been left up to a third-party appraiser.

Beleaguered streaming audio company Pandora Media will release its fourth quarter 2017 results on Wednesday following the Closing Bell on Wall Street. What can investors expect from Pandora? Zacks Equity Research offered a preview based on its own estimates and research on the company's stock. 

There's been a ton of press in the last week about Unilever, and how it's very concerned about the safety of its brand messages in digital venues including YouTube and Facebook. Our editor-in-chief has something to say to them, and by popular demand we're sharing it again with you as a Presidents' Day bonus: Radio is your safe place for your brand messages and the strong ROI growth you've been fretting about in the digital world.

Don't want to deal with that FCC Broadcast Mid-Term Report anymore? An NPRM that could nix them is on tap for the Commission's February Open Meeting. Tired of having to maintain paper copies of Commission rules? A Report and Order up for consideration at this meeting could have you going green on this requirement.

On January 30, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that tentatively concluded that the Commission should eliminate a decades-old requirement that broadcasters routinely file paper copies of station contracts and certain other documents with the agency. It's now time for you to comment on the NPRM.

For those who believe Townsquare Media wants out of the radio business, perhaps this transaction sends a contrarian message to Wall Street and its competitors. In a deal announced ahead of the company's Form 314 filing with the FCC, it has agreed to acquire "The Rock of Central New York". This gives Townsquare five stations in this upstate market.

Among the many e-mails that arrived this week at RBR+TVBR was an item about a digital media Leviathan that immediately struck a chord. It involved teens, and their ever-shifting social media habits. The takeaway: Teens and Tweens are fleeing Facebook. Sound familiar, radio?

From podcast and pureplay to broadcast streams and innovations still incubating, what’s the digital audio forecast? What’s hot today, and what’s on the horizon tomorrow? How are these digital options being consumed, measured, and monetized successfully? One Hispanic Radio Conference panel has plenty of answers — and some provocative commentary that might have you wondering if your stations are ready for the future.

"Mister Gaylord" himself Mike Reling, along with colleagues Bryan Hollenbaugh and Rob Weaver, will soon be seeing some changes at their place of work. That's because "Eagle 101.5," a Class C2 facility serving a large chunk of Michigan, has just been sold. Who's the owner? Look to the midday man for answers.

A veteran Gotham radio sales executive won't be hearing much from Scotty McCreery around the office anymore. Instead, she'll likely be hearing lots of Shakira and J Balvin. After 5 years as GSM of Cumulus Media's WNSH-FM 94.7 "Nash" in New York, where she built the sales department from scratch, there'll be some español once again in the daily professional life of Maire Mason.

With talk of a Chapter 11 restructuring coming within weeks, it appears that iHeartMedia may be closer to a deal with its lenders to resolve its Term Loan D and Term Loan E debt. According to a SEC filing made late Friday by the nation's top owner of radio stations, the lone remaining bargaining point appears to be the percentage of equity in iHeart that the company is willing to cede.

Here's a transaction that's likely to raise some eyebrows with some longtime media brokers and radio station executives: Border Media has just bought a Class A FM radio station. Say what? It's true ... but this company doesn't involve Tom Castro or Jeff Hinson.  It involves a company formed by two individuals who are not U.S. citizens.