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After a brief hiatus West Virginia Radio Corporation has signed back on with Nielsen for measurement services in the Charleston, West Virginia market. West Virginia Radio owns stations in Morgantown, Charleston, Clarksburg, Fairmont, Elkins and Martinsburg.

Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins is very happy with the performance of his radio stations, and why not, Urban One's second quarter revenue came in 6.2% higher than a year ago. More importantly, perhaps, is that there seems to be momentum going forward, and 2019 is not a political year.

Another great example of the loyalty and love listeners have for their favorite radio station. Las Vegas listeners to SOS Radio stuffed a bus full of school supplies for some of the city's most under-resourced schools. Over 1,500 backpacks were stuffed full of school supplies.

Radio Ink's 40 Most Powerful People in Radio issue is out. It will not be posted online. Subscribers will find out what radio's most powerful think about more deregulation, why they believe radio's revenue has been stagnant, and how they're pushing radio's story out. But there's much, much more...

Emmis' 1070AM/107.5FM The Fan in Indianapolis can also be heard on 93.5 FM thanks to a new translator Emmis.

On the latest episode of Math & Magic, iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman interviews DDB Global President and CEO Wendy Clark.

1620 The ZONE, Omaha, will remain the flagship station for Creighton Men’s Basketball games under a three-year contract extension announced by NRG Media and Creighton University Thursday.

The comment period is now open for a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which includes technical proposals to improve LPFM reception and increase flexibility in siting while maintaining interference protection and the core LPFM goals of diversity and localism.

Kim Guthrie will become CEO of the Cox Media Group for the private equity fund that purchased the Cox Radio stations back in June. The new company Guthrie will be leading will include TV, Radio, CoxReps and GAMUT.

Townsquare Media has announced that legendary local Louisiana radio executive Mike Grimsley will retire at the end of the month after serving as Market President and Chief Revenue Officer for Townsquare's radio stations in Lafayette for 25 years.