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Back in January we reported that KGAF in Gainesville, Texas was denied specialized license plates for a new station van. The department of Motor Vehicles claimed that KGAF was insensitive, with some believing the letters stood for "Give A F*&K."

And they want the FCC to get out of their way. Twenty-five AM broadcasters have submitted comments to the FCC regarding proposed rule changes that would make it easier for AM signals to be broadcast in HD. Here are the highlights from their letter...

Larry Stone is the owner of Stonecom Communications. The company owns four stations and two translators in the city of Cookeville, TN. Stone and his team were extremely close to the exact location where the recent tornado touched down killing over 20 people. We spoke to Stone about how his team sprung into action to help their community. 

KHOW radio intern Helene Pruzynski was murdered 40 years ago at the age of 21. A new podcast in the True Crime Chronicles series from Vault Sudios details how authorities found Pruzynski's killer James Curtis Clanton.

With Mike Bloomberg now out of the Democratic primary race and vacating the top position on the Media Monitors list of the nation’s leading radio advertisers, Progressive has retaken the summit after a week at number two.

KCII-AM/FM in Washington, Iowa, is a small, locally owned station, just south of Iowa City, that realizes the importance of furthering the industry by helping students pursue a career in broadcasting.

Anthem Sports Entertainment and iHeartMedia have entered into a multi-year agreement to collaborate on the production of original programming and the marketing of Anthem’s properties across iHeartMedia’s multi-platform audio network.

Pacific Media Group has rebranded Honolulu station HI93 (KQMQ) 93.1 FM (formerly 93.1 Da Pa’ina). A new morning show and reshuffled weekday on-air lineup are part of the rebrand.

Dallas-based TM Studios has announced a new lineup of jingle packages called TM 12-Packs, available in a variety of formats. TM 12-Packs are available for AC, Hot AC, Hot Country, CHR, and Classic Hits.

107.5 The River in Nashville has issued an apology for comments made about the community on the Woody and Jim show, which has been on the air for over two decades. The hosts were discussing the recent Nashville tornado and how more deaths happened in Putnam County.