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Every radio station needs new revenue and CBS isn't the kind of company to sign a deal with a here-today gone-tomorrow start-up. So we reached out to CBS DC Market Manager Steve Swensen to ask him to hook us up with Wrapify CEO James Heller to get more detail on how other radio stations can get in on the new product and make some money.

This is where the Wrapify idea came from. CBS Sports 1580 AM (WJFK-AM) in Washington, D.C., entered into a partnership with the mobile outdoor marketing company to supply D.C. Metro advertisers with out-of-home advertising that’s currently limited in the market.

Cumulus, Westwood One, Big Machine Label Group, and Advance Auto Parts are getting together for a multi-pronged national promotion for the launch of Brantley Gilbert’s new album, The Devil Don’t Sleep. The album comes out Friday with the promotion running through February 5. Here are the details in this deal...

The statement of the split came Thursday morning from Premiere, which syndicates Jay Mohr on Fox Sports Radio. Both sides have "mutually decided to conclude production and syndication of Jay Mohr Sports, effective immediately." Here's what Jay Mohr said...

On Friday, Entravision's Erazno of El Show de Erazno y la Chokolata, part of Entravision's radio network, will gather with other community leaders, immigrant activists, and residents in El Paso, Texas, as part of a Border Network for Human Rights event.

The second annual BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting scholarship competition closes February 1, 2017, 11:59 p.m. EST. The awards are open to broadcasting students nationwide, with applicants evaluated based on their essay response, letter of recommendation, and academic record. Applicants must also be current students at accredited U.S. colleges or universities, between the ages of 17 and 24 at the time of entry...

On Wednesday FCC FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn spoke to the NAB Capital Assets Conference on "Financing Minority and Women Ownership in Broadcasting." The Commissioner said owning a television or radio station is a dream. "But the hard, cold reality is this: a new entrant, with no existing license, has a supreme challenge when it comes to acquiring the capital necessary to seal a broadcast property deal."

Texarkana’s Classic Hits GM Terry Thomas sure did get a lot of national media coverage Wednesday, when he announced his station would no longer be playing Madonna after comments she made during a women's march. He said it was a matter of patriotism, not politics. He was hoping to get other stations to follow. So we contacted a few executives and programmers to get their opinion.

On the heels of the NAB's announcement that it had secured 115 signatures for its Local Radio Freedom Act, musicFIRST Coalition Executive Director Chris Israel is mocking the organization. Israel said, "Big Radio is rolling out the exact same non-binding resolution, defending the same government subsidy they have been protecting for decades."

Much like we've seen from iHeartRadio hoping to get buy-in from all their bondholders, Cumulus continues to extend the early tender date for its exchange offer for its 7.75% senior notes, due in 2019, to February 13 from January 23.