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iHeartRadio Hits 100 Million User Mark

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Look out Pandora and Spotify, iHeartRadio now has 100 million registered users. The company says the app has been downloaded more than a billion times and has 85% brand awareness among consumers.

NAB Adds Another Nine

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Just one day after announcing 16 lawmakers have joined the Local Radio Freedom Act, the NAB says nine more have signed on. The LRFA now has 164 cosponsors in the House and 18 in the Senate.

Big “Praise” For St. Jude

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Atlanta’s WPZE Praise 102.5 FM is the latest station to give to St. Jude’s Research Hospital. The 10th Annual St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Radio-Thon, held Thursday, March 9 at the Radio One Atlanta studios raised a fantastic $306,261 in cash and pledges -- a record-breaking total for the station.

New Hampshire Stations Raise Money For Vets

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News Radio 610, Manchester's News Traffic and Weather radio station, and News Radio 96.7, Portsmouth's News Traffic and Weather radio station, held the third annual "Make 12 Hours Count" radiothon. When it was over, the grand total raised was almost $140,000 to benefit Veterans Count

Bubba Claims Cox Threatened Nielsen With Congressional Inquiry

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In the back-and-forth battle between Bubba The Love Sponge and Nielsen, Bubba has filed a new counter-claim against the ratings firm over allegations he tampered with ratings. Bubba claims Cox demanded Nielsen pressure Beasley to fire in Tampa. And if Nielsen did not implement the "death penalty" sanction, Cox threatened to file a lawsuit against Nielsen, seek an MRC audit and Congressional inquiry into Nielsen’s PPM data collection adequacy.

What Entercom Will Pay Their New CFO

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Yesterday we reported that Entercom has hired Richard Schmaeling to replace CFO Steve Fisher on April 18. Today we know what the company will pay Schmaeling. His base salary will be $525,000 through April 30, 2018. Schmaeling will receive a monthly car allowance, reimbursement for moving expenses, and lodging of up to six months.

Lew Quits Cumulus Board

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At a meeting of the Cumulus Board on Monday Cumulus founder Lew Dickey, who was Vice Chairman of the Board, resigned. The reason given was "to pursue other professional interests." In their 2011 agreement the Dickey family is entitled to designate one member of the Cumulus Board. Lew informed the Board that he was designating his brother John Dickey to replace him.

Millenials Vs. Gen Xers And What They Think About Radio

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Next Wednesday, at the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Entravision's Angie Balderas will host a panel called "Old School/New School: Bridging the Gap between Gen X Managers and Millennial Sellers." These two groups have different ways of doing things, they are motivated differently, and they have very different ideas about marketing and selling radio. Next Wednesday, it will all be on the table for managers to hear and learn.

Storm Ends Station’s Life

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Albany, Georgia's first-ever radio station, WGPC-AM, is gone for good. The station went dark on January 2 after a big storm came through town twisting its tower to pieces and depositing three trees in the studio. WALB-TV reports that Cumulus has surrendered the license back to the FCC. WGPC signed on in 1933, and was Albany's only radio station until 1941.

Detroit Politician Fired From Radio Gig

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It only took six months for former City Council president Monica Conyers to lose her weekday afternoon hosting job on WDFD-AM in Detroit. The Detroit Free Press reports that Conyers was fired for violation of corporate policy. Conyers disputes what the radio station claims and says she left on her own and did not want to be associated with the station any longer.

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