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Excluding political revenue, Beasley's same station revenue was down 3%. When the company includes revenue from the purchase of WBZ-FM in Boston, the sale of WMJX-FM in Boston and a partial quarter contribution from the purchase from WXTU-FM Philadelphia, there was a 10.6% overall increase in net revenue for the quarter ($6.2 million).

On Friday Barbara and Don Curtis donated over $21 million to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from the Curtis Foundation. Don Curtis is the CEO of Curtis Media.

After more than two years, thousands of dollars in legal and technical expense and the loss of thousands of WLUS-FM listeners in Durham, Wake, Orange and parts of Granville County NC, interference from an Arohi Media translator has finally been eliminated.

Can you imagine Tim Cook hopping on his private jet and heading to Biloxi or Toledo to check in with management to see how those iHeart clusters are doing? Probably not. It's more likely, if there is interest from Apple, it has to do with adding Apple Music on iHeart's massive platform and access to music labels.

Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins says his radio division revenue in Q4 will be up double digits and he feels more optimistic heading into a new year than he has in a long time. Urban One's radio stations are pacing up 20% for Q4, 10% excluding political.

Alan Bishop's Finger Lakes Radio Group has strategically placed two translators in Rochester, New York, and announced a new station. WCGR, licensed to Canandaigua, is now known as “The Lake," and the format is "Easy Rock."

Adams Radio Group in Fort Wayne has flipped its Gold Based Active Rocker to Hip-Hop. The new format will be heard on WJFX HD-2 & W277AK, which is a translator.

Alpha Media, Mankato, MN, has announced the launch of Mix 99.1. The station, formerly Z99 (KEEZ-FM) in the CHR format, will target the 25-54 demo with artists such as Pink, Maroon 5, Adele, Bruno Mars, and Justin Timberlake.

Manheim, PA, station fun 101.3 (WROZ-FM) is ready to get the Christmas party started, November 16 at 5 p.m., with all the great holiday songs, from classics to contemporaries. And they have a great competition cooking too.

The new Classic Hits show Throwback Nation Radio, hosted by Tony Lorino and Danny Hustle, is offering its five-hour New Year’s Eve special programming to radio stations free of charge.