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(By John Garziglia) On July 4, PBS-affiliated television stations nationwide purported to show live fireworks from the Mall in Washington, DC, without directly informing viewers that they were instead showing “a combination of the best fireworks from this year and previous years. It was the patriotic thing to do” (PBS twitter posting @July4thPBS - 9:28 PM - 4 Jul 2016). This is possibly a violation of Section 73.1208 of the FCC’s rules. Here's what radio managers need to know...

Jinny Laderer has always been around radio. In addition to being a coach in the NFL, her dad was a radio station owner. Radio paid the bills. Jinny’s first husband (she married at 21) was a radio station manager. With a family of her own, Jinny decided to work from home so she could spend quality time with her four children, and she became a Mary Kay consultant. When her youngest entered preschool, she was ready to get back to radio. Today Jinny Laderer is Living The American Dream. Here is her story.

One day after iHeart went public, stating negotiations with lenders contained a "significant gap," one of iHeartMedia's lenders is also speaking out, to The New York Post. The Post's Josh Kosman is reporting that a senior iHeart lender told him Wednesday that he would prefer iHeartMedia goes bankrupt than take the company's latest restructuring offer. Here are the details...

A fact sheet (READ IT HERE) on the FCC's ownership rules has been circulated by FCC Chairman Wheeler that will finally address the Commission's responsibility to review media ownership regulations. Called the Quadrennial Review, the Commission is late in addressing this issue by several years. Wheeler's fact sheet, for the most part, leaves the current rules in place.

He's been with CMG for 11 years now, almost four with Susan Larkin's cluster of stations in Orlando. Joe Kelley is the News Director and morning show host at WDBO, Orlando's news and talk station. When a terrorist killed 49 innocent people in an Orlando nightclub, there were no doubt thousands and thousands of people who immediately tuned their radio to WDBO.

Data that shows radio helps consumers decide what to purchase shortly before thy make the cash register ring will come as no surprise to seasoned managers and AEs. However, it's always helpful to have more -- and current -- data to back up that claim.

On June 20, Radio Ink will release one of its most popular lists of the year, The 100 Most Influential Women in Radio. One of the 100 very talented women to make the list in 2016 is Sarah Frazier. Frazier is the Market Manager for CBS Radio in Houston. She's been in radio for 18 years and took over running the Houston market for in 2012. Why has she become so successful at running a market? What advice does she have for others hoping to achieve success in radio? Let's find out...

Just days after iHeartMedia won a court decision with disgruntled bondholders, there's another legal issue the company has to deal with. This one comes from shareholder Gamco Asset Management. Bloomberg is reporting that Gamco is accusing the board of violating its duty to protect shareholders by moving Clear Channel Outdoor revenue to iHeartmedia.

It only took the Friends of KPLU five months but they did it. They raised $7 Million enabling the 501(c)(3) to purchase the license of the Seattle station from Pacific Lutheran University and prevent the station from being sold to the University of Washington. The last $1 million was raised through a $500K community challenge from listeners and business supporters. The money was raised five months ahead of the June 30 deadline.

The U.S. Court of Appeals chastised the FCC for not completing its 2010 quadrennial review of media ownership rules and came to the conclusion that the Commission "unreasonably delayed" action. The court directed the Commission to complete the review within six months. For further explanation on what this means to you, we turned to Broadcast Attorney John Garziglia for his expert opinion.