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Michael Dudley of Guntersville, AL, could not persuade the Commission to reduce his big fine after being caught operating two illegal stations from his home.

Entercom’s 99.9 KISW (KISW-FM) is preparing for a virtual version of the sixth annual Live Day. The event is being promoted as "High Wire" radio.

Houston stations The New 93Q, Country Legends 97.1 and 106.9 & 107.5 Houston’s Eagle held their 15th Annual Radiothon on December 13 and 14, raising $625,674 for Texas Children’s Hospital.

(By Ronald Robinson) In a world where fewer held-positions on so many matters make less sense at all to us regular folks, radio has been able to stay as it has been, sticking itself with programming and spot-making strategies that have been demonstrated to be significantly less than effective.

Syndication company Key Networks has signed an exclusive agreement with Bloomberg Radio to manage all network advertising sales, affiliate sales and marketing for the 24-hour business radio network.

The discussion about advertising agencies and radio has certainly caught fire this week. Yesterday, we heard from two ad agency executives who asked to remain anonymous. They threw out the following list of questions and statements and asked us to see how you might react and answer them. Have at it...

Happy Friday! This week's Blast From The Past comes from Jo Maeder and her days at NYC's K-ROCK in the 1980s. Send your Blast From The Past to our Online Editor Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.

Jessica Delfino hosts 'The Mom Report', a weekly feature on Pocono 96.7FM (WABT-FM). She says the feature is everything a Pocono mom needs to know and, “a source for motherhood awesomeness."

In this latest Hispanic Radio Podcast hosted by RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson, veteran national sales pro Jose Villafañe — recently appointed Head of Sales and an Advisory Board member for MLC Media — discuss the top things a radio station should consider when evaluating syndicated programming for a key daypart. 

Emmis Radio in Austin has cut a cool deal with Austin City Limits Enterprises in that market. KGSR, which has been a Triple A format since 1990, has been reborn as Austin City Limits Radio. Listeners can expect to hear artists ranging from Willie Nelson to Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran to Kacey Musgraves, and Radiohead to Gary Clark Jr.