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In an investor presentation Wednesday, Beasley Media Group detailed how it plans to save nearly $8 million in cost synergies by detailing where those savings will come from as a result of its purchase of Greater Media. The company says the $7.9 million in annual cost savings will "be driven primarily by headcount as well as compensation/contract expense reductions." Here's how Beasley plans to make those reductions in each of the Greater Media markets.

Bill Moore fell in love with radio when he and his dad were listening to the radio while working around the house on weekends. “That introduced me to the personalities. To me, the DJ's were the rock stars and I was hooked.

On Thursday, September 22 at the Radio Show in Nashville, Radio Ink magazine will be introducing the industry to radio’s most successful Sales Managers, General Managers, Digital Sellers, and Account Executives. Thanks to the Radio Advertising Bureau, we are able to recognize these industry greats every year with awards named in honor of Wayne Cornils, who worked for the RAB for many years and was one of radio’s greatest ambassadors. Today we profile Beasley's Jenna Land.

On Thursday, September 22, at the Radio Show in Nashville, Radio Ink magazine will be introducing the industry to radio’s most successful Sales Managers, General Managers, Digital Sellers, and Account Executives. Thanks to the Radio Advertising Bureau, we are able to recognize these industry greats every year with awards named in honor of Wayne Cornils, who worked for the RAB for many years and was one of radio’s greatest ambassadors.

This is not a totally unexpected decision. In fact it's been discussed for several years by the RAB's Board of Directors and President and CEO Erica Farber (pictured here). Over time, since the RAB began reporting revenue numbers, about 20 years ago, they've gone from monthly to twice every year. And while some will speculate industry executives might not want to continue to release numbers that are consistently flat, then try to put a happy face on those numbers, the organization says that was not the reason.

The iHeartMedia Q2 increase of $27.2 million (3.2%) was driven by events, including the iHeartRadio Music Awards show, iHeart's traffic and weather business and political advertising. CFO Richard Bressler told analysts and investors Thursday he's pleased with the results from the quarter

Entercom reported an increase of 5% in same-station Q2 revenue and CEO David Field, on the heels of a strong first quarter, said the performance of his company in the second quarter was great "on every level."

Here are the details on the blockbuster deal announced Tuesday night. Beasley will pick up Greater Media's 21 stations in seven markets. Greater Media shareholders are expected to receive $100 million in cash and $25 million in shares of the Company’s Class A common stock (at a fixed value of $4.61 per share).

Things have not been going very well for the Yahoo brand lately and David Gow may have seen the writing on the wall. Yahoo has had to write-down over $700 million for its purchase of Tumblr and for the past three months Yahoo has been taking bids on purchasing the company's core business. On the heels of the announcement that Gow Media would be changing sports affiliations from Yahoo! Sports to SB Nation, we reached out to Gow CEO David Gow about why he's making the change and what it would mean to affiliates.