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Federal judges in Los Angeles and New York have ruled that Ed Stolz, owner of KFRH-FM, KREV-FM, and KRCK-FM in California, must pay ASCAP $1.5 million in license fees, costs, attorneys’ fees and statutory damages. ASCAP says Stolz failed to pay ASCAP license fees over several years.

Where is the radio industry headed? What are some of the top leaders overseeing AM and FM radio stations doing to manage the rapid changes being seen for their business? Those were just some of the questions presented to panelists in a 2018 NAB Show panel late Wednesday.

In a letter to the Emmis Board of Directors, CEO Jeff Smulyan is making a play to take the company he founded back in 1980, private. His offer is $4.10 per share, which amounts to approximately $46.5 million. He says it's a very fair offer.

The ratings firm reports that in the May 2021 PPM survey the industry saw gains in listening across the aggregate of markets as the country continues to reopen and consumers fall back into their routines. According to Nielsen radio’s weekly reach is now at its highest levels since March 2020

Wednesday night at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Radio Ink handed out its awards for the Best Program Directors in Country Radio. The best 30 Country programmers in the country accepted their awards from Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti before Zac Brown took the stage at the Omni Hotel.

It was no secret that Scripps has been trying to unload its podcasting division so it could focus on Television. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sirius XM will purchase Stitcher from Scripps for $300 million

Saga’s Jonesboro, AK, cluster and KAIT-TV in Jonesboro teamed up for the 22nd year for their Have A Heart Wishathon for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. A total of $402,376 was raised in the one-day event. 

The Cleveland Indians and iHeartMedia Cleveland have signed a multi-year agreement for WTAM 1100 AM and WMMS 100.7 FM to continue as the “Flagship Home of the Cleveland Indians” through 2023.

The FCC is reporting the number of radio stations off the air due to Hurricane Irma to be in excess of two dozen. Meanwhile, the Commission has expanded its Disaster Information Reporting System to include 18 counties in Georgia and three in Alabama, in addition Florida.

Nexstar Media Group's only radio station, Chicago's very own WGN (720 AM), will end its centennial celebration with a re-airing of "100 Years of WGN Radio: A Retrospective" on sister television station WGN-TV (Channel 9).