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Bill Velez at the Radio Music License Committee wants the radio industry to know that, as RMLC’s antitrust litigation against GMR plods along, GMR has agreed to offer extensions of its interim licenses that are set to expire on September 30.

Advertisers want to know the ads they purchase are actually being sent - or broadcast - to potential customers. Radio has a strong advantage and reputation in that category Digital...not so much.

More bad news for WLAC Nashville host Steve Gill. Gill has been in jail for the past nine days after being taken into custody for not paying $170,000 in child support to his ex-wife. Now, his current wife has filed for divorce because she's terrified of what he will do to her.

Bill Feingold hosts mornings on K-NEWS in Palm Springs (KNWZ-FM). Thinking he had bronchitis, Feingold went to the emergency room, where he was told he had stage four liver cancer.

The Federal Communications Commission has sent out a notice that the agency will be available all weekend to any broadcasters in Puerto Rico and Florida effected by Tropical Storm Dorian. The FCC Operations Center can be reached by phone at 202-418-1122 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Here's a radio station that could use a helping hand from friends in the industry. During a thunderstorm earlier this month, lightning struck the transmitter building of Harbert Hills Academy’s radio station, WDNX, in Savannah, TN, resulting in a fire that engulfed the building and destroyed the transmitter and other equipment.

ESPN Radio has reached a long-term Local Marketing Agreement and lease with Good Karma, which calls for Good Karma to assume operations and control of ESPN Radio Chicago (WMVP-AM).

With the addition of WTQS-AM (with an FM translator at 97.1), Community Broadcasters now has three stations carrying its News Talk Network in South Carolina.

In recent weeks two stories of podcasters using content without giving proper credit have made national news. The Podcast Business Journal addresses that issue HERE by conducting interviews with eight podcasting experts.

Weekend host and columnist Chris Russell was talking on his cell phone to Chad Dukes on 106.7 The Fan when he was pulled over by police. Talking on your phone and driving is illegal in Washington D.C.