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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has written an editorial asking local residents to call FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and pressure him to get Bob Romanik off KZQZ-AM. Romanik hosts a show and is a candidate for the Illinois Statehouse. The paper says what he's saying about his opponent on the air is hate speech and has no place on the public airwaves.

As CBS Corporation gets ready to separate its radio division from the mothership, we are now able to see actual radio revenue numbers, as opposed to having them jumbled in with a line called "local broadcasting." And in Q3, CBS' 117 radio stations saw a small increase in revenue.

Radio One radio revenue slid from $55.5 million to $52.5 million in the third quarter. CEO Alfred Liggins blamed the decrease in the radio division on the markets the company operates in being down, format competitors, and sales underperformance.

And that's helping the company project a 3% gain so far for Q4, compared to 2015. Without the uptick in political revenue, Radio One would be pacing down in the single digits compared to last year.

The company saw a decrease of $1.7 million in its radio segment, blaming the drop on local ad revenue. Total net revenue for the company decreased to $65.3 million from $69.3 million in the third quarter. That drop was partially offset by an increase in political advertising revenue. Entravision owns and operates 49 primarily Spanish-language radio stations and also has 54 television stations.

That's according to a new study from career site Indeed.com, which surveyed which companies among the Fortune 500 had the highest “click-through” rates on their online job ads.

The company will officially change its name to Urban One in January with the slugline, "Representing Black America." Radio One, TV One and Interactive One will keep their individual names and operate under the new corporate name. Liggins also updated investors on Radio One's Casino investment...

Here are the 2016 winners, as announced by Team Rock Ltd, Classic Rock magazine, and KMG Networks, a division of Krantz Media Group, in the Large, Medium, and Small Market categories...

iHeartMedia in New York, the New Jersey Devils, and the Prudential Center have entered into a new partnership to launch the One Jersey Sports and Entertainment Network, a digital platform featuring all live regular season Devils hockey games and original Devils and New Jersey entertainment programming. Content can be heard on the Devils app and iHeartRadio.

With the festive season fast approaching, Albany, NY, Classic Rock station PYX 106 hosted the 2016 Toys for Tots Bike Run on October 23, collecting over 500 toys and $7,600 cash in the process. The whole bounty will go to Capital Region Toys for Tots.