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Now is probably not the time for Cumulus Media to be handing over $20,000 to the FCC. However, that's likely set to happen -- pending a successful appeal or reduction of the penalty -- thanks to the Media Bureau's issuance late Monday of a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) for what it calls willful and repeated EEO violations. The violations were discovered through a random spring 2011 Media Bureau audit of its EEO program.

New Media Bureau Chief Holly Saurer is taking action by initiating a Hearing Designation Order designed to determine whether Joseph Armstrong remains fit to own a Tennessee AM. Why? He's a convicted felon ... and has been since August 8, 2016.

Emmis Communications founder and Chairman/CEO Jeff Smulyan, who has also been the leading smartphone FM chip advocate and launched the NextRadio app, will share his ideas and advice on how to secure radio station access to smartphones in an exclusive one-on-one discussion with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson at the 2018 Hispanic Radio Conference. For details, click here.

World-class audio entries created by storytellers from 24 countries were judged online by the 2022 New York Festivals Radio Awards Grand Jury. Shortlisted entries include audiobooks, dramas, documentaries, breaking news coverage, entertainment, and music specials from Radio, networks, production companies and independent producers.

What's next for the 34 radio stations The E.W. Scripps Co. picked up from Journal Communications in its 2015 merger, making Scripps a bigger broadcast TV entity in the process? The possible future for these properties is already the top discussion topic in the media brokerage community. A look at the most recent past could provide a fuller look at these now-available stations for potential buyers.

Pass the Cerveza Monopolio, be sure to share the to-go order from Tacombi and light up that speakerphone. The iHeartMedia first quarter 2022 earnings call has been scheduled for May 5.

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.

The family-owned licensee of radio and television stations headquartered in Madison, Wisc., has promoted a 30-year veteran to the top role for its radio division, giving her oversight of operations for the company's AM and FM properties.

A 1,000-watt daytime-only AM station has put out the call for a "white knight" to save the property from permanent silence. After more than six decades as a South Carolina town's only local station, modern technology has rendered it obsolete. The owner turned off the transmitter on Wednesday.

In this episode of the InFOCUS Podcast, hosted by RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson, Jack Hobbs shares how he learned about the power of Audio, and how reVOLVER Podcasts was really ahead of the curve when seeking to connect consumers with on-demand content — the hottest desire across the U.S. today, regardless of language. LISTEN HERE

An air personality who has made a name for himself in Phoenix and across the Southwestern U.S. hopes he'll soon be widely known across all of America. Thanks to YEA Networks, the producer and syndicator of The Bert Show and the Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, the Phoenix-based Tino Cochino Radio program is now available across the nation.

An indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Cumulus Media has amended its existing $100 million revolving credit facility by extending its maturity by two years. Here's the good news: As of Wednesday, there were no amounts outstanding under the facility.