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The folks at Entercom Philadelphia know how to have a good time! On Saturday, July 14, they’ll be hosting the city’s first city-wide pizza festival, “Pizzadelphia.” The family-friendly event will showcase over 25 of Philadelphia’s best pizza restaurants and food trucks.

The New York Post is reporting that private equity firm Silver Lake Partners may be interested in buying iHeartMedia. According to the paper, Silver Lake is in talks with iHeart creditors, which are gearing up to take control of the company once it emerges from Chapter 11.

Thanks to Phillip Sprayberry, Media Relations Coordinator at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ for sharing this story with us. Eight students from the University's communication/broadcast department returned to Vieques, Puerto Rico, to follow up on the work they started in January to restore the small island’s radio station, WVQR 90.1 FM Radio Vieques, that was unusable after Hurricane Maria.

David Field is very consistent in his message and he'll tell anybody and everybody who will listen. He's one of radio's best storytellers and he wants everyone to know radio deserves more than it's getting from advertisers and that radio remains as strong as ever with listeners.

(By Paul Weyland) I hate surprises, even the good ones, but especially the bad ones. For AE's, nothing is worse than suddenly discovering that a client you thought you knew well is suddenly cancelling and going with an agency, or to another medium or station. Here's how you minimize your exposure to those bad surprises...

(By Rick Fink) Soccer is like most sports: offense gets all the glory while the defense does all the dirty work and gets very little recognition, other than the goalie, that is. It’s the same in media sales. Selling is the fun part, we love to make the sale, it’s what you get the “high” from. But, it’s the defensive side of sales that will make you the most money and make you a cherished pro.

(By Gary Berkowitz) Converting your cume into better TSL (time spent listening [diary] or ATE in PPM) continues to be one of the most talked about subjects among programmers. Some of these tactics may seem obvious, but you would be surprised how many stations do not pay enough attention to the basics. Here are a few tips to help increase the time your listeners stay...

According to The San Diego Reader, Tegna has no interest in staying in the radio business, and the KFMB-FM morning show is already looking for work. Tegna (formerly known as Gannett) bought KFMB-FM and AM along with TV Channel 8 for $325 million last December (Kagan says the radio part of the deal was $22 million).

Globecom Media President Mark Porter tells Radio Ink the company is purchasing KKHA-FM in Bay City, which is located in Southeast Texas. KKHA is currently owned by Tomlinson/Leis Communications. Globecom owns KIOX-FM in El Campo Texas. Porter is a former Radio Ink Rising Star.

Milwaukee Sports station The Big 920 (WOKY) announced Thursday it has formed a broadcast partnership with the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League. Beginning with the 2018-19 AHL season, all 76 regular season games and Calder Cup Playoff contests will air live on The Big 920.