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The Saga CEO says this year (though mid-October) will be his final year as Chairman of the Radio Music Licensing Committee. The RMLC represents the interests of radio on music licensing matters and Christian has played an important role on that committee for a very long time.

After Saga CEO Ed Christian reported net revenue in Q2 was down 0.6% to $30.1 million, he said he and CFO Sam Bush were out looking for more radio stations to add to their portfolio. Christian said they had four opportunities on the table, two of them were still possibilities.

Scripps has cut a deal to sell its radio stations in Boise and Tucson to Lotus Communications for $8 million. The eight stations California-based Lotus will pick up are KMXZ (94.9 FM), KFFN (1490 AM and 104.9 FM), KQTH (104.1 FM), and KTGV (106.3 FM) in Tucson, and KJOT (1051. FM), KQXR (100.3 FM), KRVB (94.9 FM), and KTHI (107.1 FM) in Boise.

(By Steven Goldstein) Podcasting’s most important event, Podcast Movement, took place this summer in Philadelphia. Four years ago at this same event, I counted six radio people in attendance. This time, among the 2,000 attendees were hundreds of people from virtually every major commercial radio company.

Seattle NPR station KUOW is relaunching Morning Edition and All Things Considered with new voices and a new structure designed to bring listeners more local coverage, in-depth interviews, and reports based on listener questions.

Radio Ink is proud to announce the finalists for the 26th annual Radio Wayne Awards. The awards will be presented at this year’s Radio Show Advertiser Breakfast in Orlando on September 27. The awards recognize the best in radio sales and management. Here are the 2018 finalists...

Cumulus and Westwood One invested in a new study to determine the role disclaimers played in the tier-two automotive category. It's a category the radio industry would like to see more investment from and Cumulus and Westwood are hopeful the results from the study will lead to exactly that.

Whoever walked into public radio station WORT-FM in Madison, WI is still on the loose and police say the shooting doesn't appear to be random. Station personnel say a man wearing a mask and hood entered the station and opened fire on three workers this past Sunday.

The Radio Ink Radio Wayne Awards will be handed out on September 27 at the Radio Show in Orlando. And in a new series of podcasts, we pick their brains about how they've made it to the top. Today our podcast features Katie Phillippi, Sales Manager for Alpha Media in Lincoln, NE.

Entercom CEO David Field expanded on the company's recently ended relationship with United States Traffic Network in an internal memo sent out on Monday. USTN has filed a lawsuit against Entercom, calling the company a corporate bully. USTN wants $5 million from Entercom for backing out of a deal to take over the company. The memo details Entercom's side of the story over the past 8 1/2 months.