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MVYRADIO will celebrate the move of its studios to an all-new facility in West Tisbury with a grand opening July 3rd. The event will feature a performance by Grammy-awarded singer Sarah Jarosz, as well as tours of the new building.

The Commission has introduced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to update regulations to better reflect current technical requirements and "eliminate redundant, outdated, or conflicting provisions" for radio stations. There are seven rules the Commission is looking to wipe off the books. Here they are...

(By Ed Ryan) In 1988 Chuck D'Imperio was 39 years old when he walked through the door of WDOS-AM in Oneonta, New York looking for a radio job. In a few weeks Big Chuck turns 72. He's retiring from that very same radio station he first worked for 33 years ago.

Newly formed KRS Audio Productions first product is a countdown of The Top 20 Country Hitmakers from 2000 to present. The "brown-bag" special utilizes station in-house talent as hosts.

Edison Research is ready to present the second annual Latino Podcast Listener Report. English and Spanish webinars are set for July 13.

Salem Media Group will convert all their radio properties to WideOrbit Automation by 2023. The process will start in July. Salem owns and operates 99 radio stations, with 56 of those stations in the top 25 US markets and 28 stations in the top 10 markets.

Key Networks, 'The O'Reilly Update' has signed its 250th affiliate. The daily program launched in May 2019. “250 stations in two years shows that Bill O’Reilly’s popularity remains strong," said Dennis Green, CRO Key Networks.

LPFM stations want more power, the NAB says the FM band is crowded enough and LPFM stations do not follow the rules. REC Networks has asked the Commission to create the higher power service several times. Each of the previous requests has been rejected.

iHeartMedia announced Tuesday that it will voluntarily prepay a portion of both its $2 billion term loan and its $447 million incremental term loan, with cash, while also repricing its incremental term loan.

The Colorado Broadcasters Association along with the Florida and Puerto Rico Broadcasters Associations have filed comments with The FCC regarding the Commission's plans to hike regulatory fees for 2021.