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(By Buzz Knight) Remember when the core of a vehicle used to be their drivetrains? Today it's becoming their hard drives. So what among the 4500 exhibitors stands out as I make the pilgrimage around Vegas for CES 2019? Let's dig in...

Seven Mountains Media is the buyer of WNKI-FM, WNGZ-FM, WPGI-FM, WWLZ-AM and WRCE-AM in Elmira, N.Y., and WPIG-FM and WHDL-AM in Olean, N.Y. from Community Broadcasters. No price was announced.

One of our regular readers reached out to us Tuesday to let us know the trouble he'd been having when attempting to upload his Q4 quarterly issues file, which are due January 10, to the FCC website. With the government being closed for business, that is impacting the FCC.

Growing up in the media business we've always heard about the importance of pictures. Remember those car dealers telling us how they had to be in the newspaper because of the pictures? Go to any social media seminar and the guru at the front of the room will tell you that posts are more powerful with pictures and video. So how does this translate to radio?

On Tuesday, SiriusXM announced it added 1.4 million self-pay subscribers to finish 2018 with approximately 28.9 million self-pay subscribers, 40% higher than the company expected.

iHeartMedia announced several new consumer technology integrations for iHeartRadio during CES in Las Vegas. Additionally, iHeartRadio launched its fully redesigned iHeartRadio Family app on Amazon Fire Tablet with iOS and Android coming soon.

This small radio error was (probably gladly) pointed out by a newspaper, USA Today. After Alabama's 44-16 loss to Clemson, Monday night, Cumulus' sports station WJOX in Birmingham ran a commercial for Academy Sports + Outdoors advertising Crimson Tide championship gear.

This is a corrected version of our earlier story. As a normal, expected part of the bankruptcy process, iHeart submitted a proposed confirmation order -- but the judge has not approved it yet. Here are all the details, including the dates set which should bring the matter to a close.

(By Buzz Knight) One of the most consistent big takeaways from CES every year has been the importance of strategic partnerships. This year is no exception. Here are just a few examples.

As 180,000 people gather in Las Vegas for CES 2019, smart speakers are sure to be a big story once again. NPR and Edison Research have released a new report that says 2018 Smart Speaker usage is up 78% over 2017.