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Christian Torres was operating illegally at 100.9-FM in Bridgeport, Connecticut, from a business; William Cotter, at 104.7-FM, also in Bridgeport, from a residence; and Nnanna Okoro was cited for a pirate station at 87.9-FM Irvington, New Jersey, from a house he owns. All three were given 10 days to shut down and explain to the FCC why they were operating radio stations illegally.

Yamanair Creative, a Compass Media Networks Company, has hired imaging company Benztown to provide production elements for Yamanair’s exclusive services Cash by Creative and SPECbyte. Yamanair provides custom creative to stations and their sales representatives in over 400 markets.

He's a man of the people. Will we someday see him kissing babies in Iowa and New Hampshire? Hometown Broadcasting General Manager Robert Wagner says Chairman Pai just happened to be passing through Danville, Kentucky, and wanted to stop by to say hello. At first Wagner thought it was an April Fool's joke, until he found out that's just the way Pai rolls.

According to Nielsen's latest quarterly Audio Today Report, McDonalds was radio's biggest advertiser on music stations, spending $46.1 million. On spoken word stations, Zip-Recruiter spent $11.1 million leading the way.

In the latest Nielsen Audio Today Report, Managing Director Brad Kelly says AM/FM radio continues to reach more people each week than any other medium. 93% of the American population continues to tune into your radio stations every week. Not too shabby for a medium approaching 100 years of age. 

With a total share of listening at 13.2%, the Country format was the most listened to format in 2017, according to Nielsen. Commercial and non-commercial News/Talk combined was next at 12.3%, followed by commercial only News/Talk at 8.3%, Adult Contemporary at 8.1% and CHR at 7.1%. Here's Nielsen's breakdown of where every format ranked in 2017.

According to WABC-TV, seven people have been charged in the 2012 murder of former radio host April Kauffman. Authorities say the murder was arranged by her late husband, Dr. James Kauffman, to prevent her from exposing a drug ring he was running with the Pagans Motorcycle Gang.

It's now been one week since Kevin Klein went AWOL after posting his now infamous bridge tweet that may wind up costing him his job. Entercom is still not saying a word about what will happen to their beleaguered San Diego morning man. We may know more Friday and here's why...

The two companies are now planning to work together to identify, develop, and syndicate talent and programs for radio. ABC Radio will assess talent syndication opportunities for both music and News/Talk formats and provide affiliate sales; Skyview Networks will handle national sales and distribution.

The panel discussion on the role broadcasters played during the mass shooting in Las Vegas will be moderated by Beasley Las Vegas morning host Carla Rae. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr will give remarks prior to the discussion. The panel, called “Crisis on the Strip: Reporting in an Unfolding Emergency,” will be held Tuesday, April 10 at 1:30 p.m.