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TM Studios, a division of WestwoodOne, announced “a harmonic partnership” with Elias Arts, the most awarded broadcast music company in history. TM and Elias Arts are rolling out the introduction of a one-of-a-kind production music library known as The Production Artist. This library, renowned in entertainment media, is new to radio. The content has only previously been available for network TV, film, and national agencies.

Media Latino Communications, a leading Hispanic Radio Network of U.S. stations, and Entravision Communications will jointly produce and syndicate the

Paul Rotella, NJBA CEO, is guest-hosting “Harry Hurley in the Morning” Friday, 5/2 on Townsquare Media’s WPGG-AM 1450 Atlantic City. Rotella tells RBR-TVBR: “I’ve been a guest before, and even a guest co-host, but never THE host, especially for four hours! I know it is going to be a lot of fun—we’ve worked hard to put together an interesting and entertaining ‘Jersey’ line up for Friday’s show! I want to thank my friend Harry Hurley and the staff and management of Townsquare for their warm welcome and for their support. It is an honor and a privilege to be on the radio, especially as a talk show host; and it is an important public trust. I’ve learned a lot preparing for it too---- I’m only doing it for one day---Harry and his colleagues, do it every day, and I now have a much better understanding of how much work goes into making it all look “easy!” –See you on the radio!” Paul’s guests include:

Kevin Youngers is selling W289CB Milwaukee (105.7) to Entercom for $300K. It will rebroadcast WXSS-HD2 in that market, which is sister station, Sports WSSP-AM. In other filings,

The UK radio industry will have to wait for digital switchover after communications minister Ed Vaizey said that much had to be done before broadcasters could contemplate following television into an all-digital future.

Shaw Communications is getting into the streaming music business through a partnership with Cumulus-invested digital service Rdio

Entercom announced a new addition to its ever-growing ESPN Upstate (Greenville-Spartanburg, SC) lineup. Starting 4/28, Mark Sturgis is moving from a two-hour show on WCCP-FM Clemson, SC to a 3-hour 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. show on ESPN Upstate. With this announcement, ESPN Upstate is now live and local for six hours straight, beginning with “In The Huddle” with Greg McKinney weekdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

RBR-TVBR spoke with Marketron CEO Jeff Haley and Jelli CEO Mike Dougherty on their recent

Starboard Media Foundation has agreed to purchase WNSW-AM 1430 kHz New York, for $10.1M from

CBS has ordered Twitter user @WFANAudio to remove dozens of Francesa clips from his popular

Pandora Media's Q1 loss narrowed on a jump in advertising and subscription revenue that

SiriusXM’s Q1 showed revenue of $998 million, up 11% from first quarter 2013 revenue of $897 million. EPS was $0.02 in both the first quarter of 2014 and 2013. Net income of $94 million, adjusted for a non-recurring item associated with accounting for the Liberty Media stock repurchase agreement and purchase price accounting adjustments from the Sirius and XM merger, net of taxes, resulted in an adjusted net income of $121 million, a 46% increase over $83 million in last year's Q1.

The Cox Media Group Houston office was filled with kids 4/24 for the annual “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.” 18 kids, ranging from 2 ½ -13 years-old, were at work with their parents. The kids learned to record a commercial, use their voices for station on-air promotions, participate in social media postings, and see inside the studio as the DJ’s broadcast live.

iBiquity Digital announced after the New York International Auto Show that 35 automakers offer or have plans to offer HD Radio Technology by the...

CC Media Holdings revenues were pretty much flat in Q1 compared to the same period in 2013