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Newsday's Neil Best is reporting that an announcement could come as early as Monday that New York Mets broadcasts will shift from WOR-AM to WCBS-AM starting with the 2019 season. The Mets have been with iHeart's WOR for five seasons. Entercom's WFAN carries the New York Yankees.

The Milwaukee Bucks and WTMJ Radio have expanded their long-time partnership, with WTMJ continuing as the radio home of the team. Bucks games this upcoming season will air on 620 AM and 103.3 FM with Ted Davis and Dennis Krause calling the action. 

(By Ronald Robinson) For what purpose, one wonders, is it to the benefit of the radio industry to take extraordinary steps to improve the effectiveness and appeal of locally produced commercials? Although so obvious as to render the question rhetorical, the correct answer is: To generate better results for the advertiser.

Pai says FCC staff has already been deployed to survey the radiofrequency spectrum across critical areas of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, and the FCC our Operations Center is open 24 hours a day.

The National Association of Broadcasters sent a letter to members on Wednesday that included a link to the NAB's "Ten Steps to Disaster Preparation and Recovery" guide. The 4-page document details everything from staff safety to programming continuity to reviewing your risks. You may want to print it out and study it if you are in Florence's path. HERE it is.

And this one will not be sitting in the prize closet. Morrissey Boulevard in Boston is the home to Beasley's 92.9 FM, 96.9 FM, and 105.7 FM. A UPS package arrived to the building that contained what authorities believe to be 20 bags of marijuana.

Local advertising spending in New York City will exceed $11.5 billion in 2018, spread across TV, cable, direct mail, radio, mobile, and nine other media, according to BIA. Radio's over-the-air piece of that $11.5 billion pie will be $769.7 million, according to BIA. That's down from $780 million in 2017.

BMI says it has once again broken revenue records by generating $1.199 billion for its fiscal year that ended June 30. From that revenue, BMI distributed and administered $1.118 billion in royalties to its songwriters, composers, and publishers, an increase of $95 million (9%). So where did all this new revenue come from?

The big question is who would want to purchase a ratings firm. A Wednesday morning press release states that all options are now on the table regarding the company, "including continuing to operate as a public, independent company; a separation of either Nielsen's Buy or Watch segment; or a sale of the company." Read the full release HERE.

Thanks to Jeff Bentoff for sharing this great community service event the station pulled off. Students at a school assembly received more than 7,000 supplies, including 2,500 crayons and 1,600 pencils thanks to Radio Milwaukee's "No Empty Backpacks" drive which collected more than 50,000 supplies to benefit eight schools.