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The Radio Television Digital News Association has announced the winners of the 2017 national Edward R. Murrow Awards, which recognize outstanding work produced by radio, television, and digital news organizations around the world. Let's take a look at the radio winners.

Another big win for Amazon and audio listening in the home. SiriusXM has announced Howard Stern and more than 200 other channels are now available to paid subscribers on Amazon's Alexa devices.

It's called FOMO New York City, a new daily e-newsletter that delivers New York-centric news and updates right to a subscriber’s inbox. About the new product, CBS Radio New York Market Manager Marc Rayfield says, “FOMO New York City delivers top local news in an easy-to-read format that makes sense for how we live and consume media today."

The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters sent 20 representatives to meet with Major General Chris Hughes, the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Cadet Command, in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Hughes explained that he needed help for Cadet Command to increase the number of African Americans applying to ROTC and seeking to become officers in the U.S. Army.

On Monday, iHeartMedia and Fox Networks Group announced the launch of Smart A/V Audiences, a suite of data-driven advertising products available to advertisers that including both Audio and Video creative units integrated onto one platform. Here's what iHeart CEO Bob Pittman said the goal of this new collaboration is...

This time on the radio station it purchased from Jeff Warshaw's Connoisseur Media in Box Elder, SD, back in 2013. Pandora purchased KXMZ-FM for $600,000 hoping to skirt around ASCAP and BMI fees by being considered a regular radio company. That never worked out. The pure-play streamer is now selling the station to Haugo Broadcasting in Rapid City for $300,000.

Back in 1987 when Emmis launched WFAN everyone questioned whether an all-Sports format would work on the radio. Today, CBS owns WFAN in New York City and it's the gold standard when it comes to Sports Talk stations. In honor of 30 years on the air, WFAN will celebrate this Thursday with a special day of live broadcasts.

The Home Depot ran 47,000 fewer spots last week than it did two weeks ago, however, 63,293 commercials on radio stations all across the country was still enough to take the top spot on the Media Monitors weekly chart. Lowe's was a distant second with 37,256, followed by GEICO (36,701), JC Penney (31,273), and AutoZone (27,160). There were no major movers on the chart last week.

The company has launched a new format from a translator operating at 94.7 in Charlotte. The station is called "94.7 Smoke" and the format is Southern Rock. Smoke launched at 6 a.m. on Monday with 10,000 songs in a row commercial free.

In New Orleans, Cumulus moves its NASH Country station from 92.3 to 106.1 and launches a new Alternative Rock station, ALT 92.3 FM, on WRKN-FM. Market Manager Pat Galloway said, “WRKN-FM stands tall at 100,000 watts and 2,000 feet, twice as big as any radio station in New Orleans or Baton Rouge."