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The 20-part series of Tax Tips comes from Westwood One with information for listeners preparing to file their 2018 taxes.

The Radio Music Licensing Committee has announced that Irving Azoff's Global Music Rights organization has agreed to offer extensions of its interim licenses that are set to expire on March 31.

(By Eric Rhoads) If you plan to retire in the next couple of years, if you’re already emotionally checked out, please delete this e-mail now. It’s not for you. If, however, you are passionate about radio, plan to stay in the radio business, and see a bright future, please stay with me here...

iHeartMedia has acquired Athens, Greece-based online audio technology company Radiojar Information Technology. Radiojar is a centralized, cloud-based audio playout platform.

The expansion of the LGBTQ+ Talk Radio Network “CHANNEL Q” continues for Entercom. The company will launch the new format in Boston, Chicago, Hartford, Miami, New York, and Portland.

RAB sessions and speakers have been finalized for the upcoming NAB Show in Las Vegas, NV, April 6-11, 2019. Here are the confirmed speakers...

SPROCKINT, which fosters collaboration in the media, entertainment, and technology industries, will have its first round of companies participating in the program at the 2019 NAB Show, held April 6-11 in Las Vegas.

This may be nothing more than a negotiating ploy by The Writers Guild of America on behalf of workers at 1010 WINS and WCBS-FM. The New York Daily News is reporting that Entercom wants to "cross-utilize" talent and one 1010 WINS editor is quoted in the story saying Entercom plans to fire staffers, "in essence making it one newsroom."

The Pirate Act increases fines for illegal pirate operations from $10,000 per violation to $100,000 per day per violation, up to a maximum of $2,000,000, and streamlines the FCC’s enforcement. The Pirate Act was approved by The House in a voice vote.

(By Charlie Sislen) Ever since the growth of cable, broadcast TV viewership has eroded. Even with this declining viewership, the four big networks and their affiliates were able to maintain their average unit rate. Reduced viewership combined with flat unit rates resulted in soaring TV costs-per-point. This made radio a cheaper alternative.