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Stewart, who joined the FCC in 1965 and spent 44 years at the Commission — most notably as Chief and Senior Deputy Bureau Chief of the former Mass Media Bureau — died Monday (4/10) after a brief illness. The native of Brooklyn, N.Y., was 78 and lived in Northern Virginia.

Kona Coast Radio is dealing away its home for Mile High Sports in Denver. Sound familiar? That's because the asset purchase agreement, filed Thursday with the FCC, comes two years and five months after an agreement was struck between the two parties for a different AM that once held the calls for the station involved in this deal.

The hottest social media platform for the youngest members of "GenZ" and so-called "Centennials" is developing a tool designed to tell marketers if their advertising efforts designed to drive traffic to specific stores actually bring in these consumers. It sounds like something the radio industry has championed for years. Is Snap trying to take business away from radio, or emulate an "original" social media platform? We have our thoughts on the matter.

In an announcement made Wednesday by its Motor City station group, Radio One has confirmed that it is selling WCHB-AM 1200, a Class B Urban Talk station with a highly complex two-pattern signal, to Crawford Broadcasting for $2 million.

The "connected car" is not only set to be a focal point of discussions among 2017 NAB Show attendees in Las Vegas in two weeks, but is also set to be the center of attention for tech wizards. Ford Motor Company is teaming up with Detroit-based mobile app developer jācapps to produce a unique event on the convention floor expressly for coders and developers.

The troubles continue for the nation's second-largest owner of radio stations, as Moody's Investors Service downgraded Cumulus Media's Corporate Family Rating (CFR), its secured credit facilities, and senior unsecured notes. It also changed Cumulus' outlook as the company's shares struggle to reach 30 cents a share.

The FCC has released its Q1 2017 Broadcast Station Totals, and there are little changes in the number of TV stations licensed for broadcast in the U.S. Meanwhile, there are more commercial FM radio stations across the nation.

Thanks to the efforts of music rights coalition musicFIRST, the NAB is at war with groups such as the RIAA on Capitol Hill over any new fees or royalty payments for the airplay of recorded music on the nation's AM and FM stations. Why is musicFIRST pushing so hard in the early months of the Trump Administration? Here's the NAB's take on that.

The annual deadline for filing federal income tax is nearly here, and that saw Jackson Hewitt soar in the newest Media Monitors Radio Spot Ten report.

In an exclusive interview with RBR + TVBR, Rep. Ted Deutch explains why he has emerged as a key member of Congress on the issue of performance rights and radio's "fair share" — something many industry leaders have assailed as a "tax on radio."

Attorney Henry Gradstein contends that there is "no question" that in Florida, a recording artist owns their audio recordings. Gradstein is representing Flo & Eddie in a Florida Supreme Court case now underway that will determine whether Sirius XM is liable for royalty payments for pre-1972 recordings.

There's a battle brewing on Capitol Hill, and the NAB is doing its part to get more support of the "Local Radio Freedom Act" by putting its message directly in the hands of Legislative Aides and Legislative Correspondent -- and, quite possibly, a member of Congress.

The company's Term Loan D and Term Loan E offers will now expire one week later than originally scheduled. The same goes for iHeart's private exchange offers for a series of outstanding debt securities. Why is this being done? As of 5pm Eastern on Tuesday, no existing notes had been tendered into the exchange offers.

A Class C1 95kw facility serving the Wichita market created to grow and expand employment opportunities in the radio industry for people who are blind or visually impaired will soon be owned by a Manhattan, Kansas-based media company that recently expanded by acquiring several stations from Alpha Media.