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Local Media San Diego’s XHITZ-FM Jammin’ Z90 Tijuana-San Diego welcomed the return of its biggest promotional vehicle ever, the “Big Bus.” Back in the 90’s, the 50-foot bus was a familiar sight throughout San Diego County and cruised around in its colorful enormity turning heads and showing up at station and community events… and sometimes, at competitors’ events.

The National Radio Hall of Fame (NRHOF) has announced its seven inductees for 2014. The black-tie

The M&A market is breaking records for the surge in dollar value of announced transactions through May 2014. Among industry sectors

Winners for the 2014 Radio Mercury Awards were announced 6/4 at the 23rd annual awards reception

Twitter has considered buying online music services including Spotify and Soundcloud and Spotify in recent

Seeking Alpha reports Pandora Media has been repeatedly challenged over its royalty fee agreements by organizations such as Ascap and BMI. The DOJ

CBS Radio’s WBBM-A/FM Chicago is going to be the Cubs' new flagship, the team is set to announce. The Cubs have signed a long-term deal to carry the team’s games beginning next season, sources told The Chicago Tribune. Terms were not disclosed, but sources said it also involves promotion with other CBS Radio stations in The Windy City.

Cumulus Chicago announces that Wade Linder has been named Operations Manager of WLUP and WKQX and Program Director of WLUP. He

There has been a perception that Arbitron’s (now Nielsen) transition to PPM in the country’s largest markets has resulted in ratings compression. It is a hard idea to refute when you look at an AQH rating ranker and find multiple stations tied with a 0.5 (for example), and often only 0.1 or 0.2 of a rating point can separate a dozen radio stations in a given market. If you accept the notion that perception is reality, then all of these stations are tied, and on a cost per point basis there is no difference.

Maverick Media (Gary Rozynek, CEO) has closed on the sale of WNTA-AM, WXRX-FM, WRTB-FM

Cumulus Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton announced Tommy Jordan has been named host of AC WLEV’s morning show. Jordan moves to

Listener hours for Pandora during the month of May 2014 were 1.73 billion, an increase of 28% from

Seeking Alpha’s Crunching Numbers notes that SiriusXM recently held its annual meeting. During that

Delmarva Educational Association’s Gospel “Amen 820” WGGM-AM Chester-Richmond, VA has flipped to Conservative Talk as “820 The Answer.” With the new WNTW calls, the station is featuring a combination of area and national hosts.

Cheatham County, TN's only local radio station has returned to the airwaves 6/3. WQSV-AM Ashland City has been silent for the last year, but popular demand prompted the GM to bring it back. Ashland City is about 20 miles NW of Nashville.