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Cumulus Media has announced it is selling WABC-AM in New York City to Red Apple Media, a subsidiary of Red Apple Group, for $12.5 million in cash. Here's what Red Apple CEO John Catsimatidis had to say...

Award-winning podcaster Jessica Cordova Kramer and best-selling author Stephanie Wittels Wachs have joined forces to form a new podcast network, Lemonada Media. Lemonada will partner with Westwood One to distribute, sell, and market their new shows.

KMFA/Austin — the oldest independent All-Classical station in Texas — is getting a new permanent home. The planned 18,000-square-foot building will triple the size of the current KMFA studios.

At least for now that's the word we're getting. Bill Hendrich (pictured) has been running Cox's radio division since taking over for Kim Guthrie back in 2015. Buyer Apollo is a new player to radio so it makes sense for Cox radio employees to be safe for now.

Wednesday afternoon, Cox Enterprises announced it was selling Cox Media Group's 61 Radio station in 11 markets to a new broadcasting company that is substantially owned by private equity funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. How much Apollo paid for the CMG radio stations was not announced.

And the Most Influential Women in Radio issue of Radio Ink Magazine was at every table. On Wednesday, the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation held its 44th Annual Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street. The Breakfast Club's Angela Yee, seated here with Rose Blakelock, was honored for Outstanding Host/Personality.

Podcast Movement, the annual gathering of the podcast industry, has announced the sessions for this year’s Industry Track, presented by media research firm Coleman Insights. This year’s track will focus on branding and content.

iHeartMedia’s LGBTQ+ network will expand its reach in major cities across the nation, including Houston, Chicago, Denver, Boston, Tampa, Cleveland, Columbus, OH, Seattle, Miami, Cincinnati, Charlotte, NC, and Baltimore.

NEWS102.3 & AM740 KRMG are partnering with the American Red Cross in a two-day Red, White and You Blood Drive. The campaign launches on Thursday, June 27 and runs through Friday, June 28.

Entercom Chief Programming Officer Pat Paxton is on the cover of Radio Ink that comes out this week. Sporting an extremely impressive programming resume, Paxton oversees the Entercom team responsible for all content distributed on every Entercom radio station, as well as all digital and social media listener engagement strategies. Here's an excerpt from our interview which is only available to subscribers to Radio Ink Magazine