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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.

What happens when a 50-50 owner partnership in your media properties turns sour? Just ask Charles L. Jordan III and Tim Walker of Mason, Texas. Here's how a matter that involves alleged embezzlement of funds was resolved.

House legislation introduced Wednesday would allow performing artists to opt out of having their music played on the radio if the performing artist is not being paid an agreed-upon performance royalty. We've got an RBR + TVBR OBSERVATION on the "PROMOTE Act" everyone needs to read.

Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) has resolved a lingering license renewal issue for its biggest radio station -- caused by a 11-year-old indecency complaint -- by agreeing to a $10,000 Consent Decree with the FCC. The settlement, which resolves the Media Bureau's investigation of the alleged indecency allegations, also settles issues arising from the Bureau's review of this station's 2006 and 2014 license renewals.