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We thought it was appropriate to bring this story back up being that so many of our readers were going back to it and commenting on this being WPLJ's last day.

One of radio's most successful partner businesses is being sold. vCreative CEO Jinny Laderer has announced the company she founded with her husband John, is being purchased by Banyan Software, a company that acquires enterprise software businesses. Over 4,400 stations use vCreative's cloud-based workflow software.

On Monday, with help from The Salem Radio Network, the KJJC Media Group will launch "The Place 1230 AM, KJJC, Common Sense Talk Radio."

In a 90-page rebuttal to comments submitted to the FCC opposing relaxing the current ownership rules, the NAB defines them as "backward," by actually starting their comments with the dictionary definition. “Backward” (adverb) – in the reverse of the usual or right way.”

(By Paul Weyland) By getting the client to answer these questions, I usually get all the information I need to put together a long-term creative campaign and a realistic budget. I limit my questions to these few in the interest of being conscientious about the client’s time.

WRDN Radio's Brian Winnekins tells Radio Ink his team organized a town hall meeting Wednesday because it "needed to be done" to help the local community. WRDN (Durand, WI) is very important to the farming community and the station has a lot of farm listeners. The focus of the meeting was to discuss how the current farm crisis has affected farmers and their families. And, unless you're a farmer, you may not know how bad it really is.

The final countdown begins at 9 a.m. today with WPLJ legends such as Scott Shannon, Patty Steele, Jim Kerr, Mark Coppola, Pat St. John and others. Friday night at 7 p.m. is when it all ends after nearly 50 years on the air. EMF will then take over the station and flip to its K-LOVE format.

Boston University is agreeing to share control of WBUR with a station board whose members have, until now, been advisers and donors with no decision-making power. The deal outlined Wednesday would give a new executive committee the authority to hire and fire the station’s general manager and oversee its finances.

iHeartMedia Roanoke/Lynchburg announced today that Top-40 WJJS-FM (Top 40) and STEVE-FM (Random Radio) have moved to new frequencies. WJJS-FM has moved its FM frequency to 93.5 in Roanoke and will continue to simulcast on 102.7 in Lynchburg. STEVE-FM has moved its FM station frequency to 104.9.

KELK-AM in Elko, Nevada is off the air after its tower collapsed into a parking lot in a restaurant damaging several cars. No one was injured. The 198-foot tower, located behind the station, fell after a truck hit its supporting guywires. It could be several days before the station is back on the air.