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Educational Media Foundation has agreed to purchase WCPT (FM) licensed to DeKalb, IL from WDEK, an Illinois corporation. The purchase price is $1,600,000.

iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman and Entercom CEO David Field believe data will move the revenue needle higher for radio. We heard much of the same from the two CEOs about radio’s effectiveness, about how it’s the least disruptive medium, and how radio is everyone’s companion. So how is data going to take radio to the next level?

Beasley’s Executive Vice President of Programming, Justin Chase, says that’s exactly what’s happening at his company. Chase was on a panel at Kurt Hanson’s RAIN Conference in Orlando. He used WMMR’s Preston & Steve (who are pictured here) as an example.

At the RAIN Conference in Orlando, Tuesday morning, four college students from the University of Central Florida took to the stage for “The Gen Z Panel.” They were asked if they ever listen to the radio. Here’s what they had to say…

Last night The House passed the modified version of the Music Modernization Act, it received from the Senate, after that body approved the Act last week. All that’s left for it to become law is a presidential signature.

We’re guessing you already know the answer to that question, but just in case you don’t, here’s what Edison Research is saying about where consumers listen to all types of audio most of the time.   

The first ever Alpha Media Programming Pop-Up popped off last night in Portland, Oregon with a rooftop cocktail party at The Porter Hotel's Xport Bar & Lounge. Fifty of Alpha’s Content Directors from around the country were joined by Mike Posner and Ocean Park Standoff. What is Alpha’s Programming Pop-Up?

Here's something cool and innovative from Beasley Media. The company is collaborating with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to offer students the opportunity to innovate in the media space through a semester-long hackathon: the Media Innovation Hackathon.

iHeartMedia and Fors Marsh Group have announced the launch of the National Opioid Action Coalition, an initiative focused on reducing stigma as a barrier to addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery. NOAC will hold a debut event during the annual New York City Advertising Week on October 3 which will be moderated by Bobby Bones.

ABC Radio, Skyview Networks, and Front and Center Entertainment are introducing two new programs exclusively for the Country and Rock formats: Front and Center Sessions and The Speakeasy Sessions. Both series will feature 12 two-hour programs