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(By Bob McCurdy) WARC last week had another interesting article worthy of note, titled "Advertisers Are Shouting at an Audience Who Can’t Hear."

Broadcast attorney David Oxenford has written extensively about legal issues for broadcasters thinking about getting into podcasting. In his latest blog Oxenford takes on another legal issue involving podcasting that's come up in the news lately.

The New York Post is reporting that the team is about to switch affiliates in New York City from Cumulus owned WOR-AM to Entercom's WCBS-AM starting with the 2019 season.

The Carr fire in California recently destroyed a transmitter at NPR-affiliate KFPR in Redding and the station has been off the air for about a month now. North State Public Radio which includes KCHO 91.7 in Chico and KFPR 88.9 in Redding has studios in the Northern California cities of Redding and Chico.

101.9fm THE MIX/WTMX Chicago raised $1,042,678 for the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago during its 19th annual fundraising efforts.

Tom Langmyer ran WTMJ (AM and FM) and WKTI-FM for the last 5 years. On Thursday he posted to Facebook that once the sale of the Scripps stations to Good Karma Broadcasting closes he'll be moving on. Steve Wexler, who now runs the radio division for Scripps, will be taking over.

Mark Masepohl is the President & General Manager for Univision in Dallas. With over 30 years in the radio industry, Mark continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible. He serves on the Nielsen Audio Advisory Board and the Texas Association of Broadcasters, as well as serving as a leader for Univision’s radio operations on a national level.

(By Buzz Knight) Podcast Movement 2018 recently concluded in Philadelphia, and I wanted to share some of the incredible energy with you if you weren’t able to make the journey.

The University of Massachusetts has signed a new multi-year agreement with WEEI-FM in Springfield that will keep the station as the flagship home of the UMass football and men’s basketball games. The new deal runs through the 2023 collegiate season.

The truth has emerged about why long-time Indianapolis Colts play-by-play announcer Bob Lamey abruptly quit Sunday. And it involves an Emmis employee.