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Sun Broadcast Group is set to support national ad sales for Envision Networks Wolfmam Jack Radio Show beginning August 1. The show has been digitally remastered and is available now as a five-hour weekly program containing Wolfman’s comedy bits, funny phone calls, crazy characters, celebrity interviews, and great music from the 60s & 70s.

If you took as an answer to that question the number of people -- and the number of new podcasting vendors -- attending Podcast Movement in Philadelphia this week, you would say, for sure, that podcasting has come a long way from the first PM conference five years ago. Let’s look at some of the figures being thrown around at the show this week.

Aside from the obvious challenges podcasters face every day, such as getting the right equipment, consistently creating compelling content, finding listeners, and generating enough revenue to make a living, there are much bigger challenges the podcasting industry faces. Here’s what we heard on Tuesday.

As Broadcast Attorney David Oxenford writes in his latest blog, the the FCC has released a Public Notice asking a number of questions about the audio marketplace. The Commission will use that information in a report to Congress. However, Oxenford believes they may also use it as a guide to the upcoming discussion on ownerships caps.

It could be, according to The Tennessean, which is saying: "An 11th-hour proposal by the music licensing company SESAC to change the Music Modernization Act could torpedo the landmark copyright legislation that is on the brink of becoming law, supporters of the legislation warn."

A panel of industry executives and experts will discuss the impact of deregulation and large-scale debt reduction on the radio industry in a session titled “Pillsbury’s Broadcast Finance 2018: Radio’s Debt Cloud Finally Lifts.” The session will be held Wednesday, September 26, 8:30-10:00 a.m., at the 2018 Radio Show in Orlando.

The lineup for the 2018 iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami on Saturday, November 3, will include performances by Pitbull, Nicky Jam, Steve Aoki, Farruko, Nacho, and Becky G with more artists to follow. The concert will again be hosted by Enrique Santos, with tickets for the general public going on sale August 3.

According to Standard Media Index, overall national advertising was up 5% in Q2 with digital still riding high, up 12 %. Social Media grew 45%, video-only websites were up 21%, content and TV websites were both up 18% and search was down 5%. Out-of-home media was up 9%, national TV was flat, and radio was down 1%. Print dropped a whopping 22%.

In an 8K filing Monday, Beasley Media provided specific revenue details about Philadelphia Country station WXTU-FM. Last week Beasley announced it was purchasing the station from Entercom for $38 million. Here's how much revenue the station generated...

Also in the 8K filing, the company released preliminary revenue results for the quarter that ended June 30. Beasley estimated that for the months of April, May, and June, net revenue will be between $61 million and $61.65 million, representing either no change or an increase of up to 1.0% compared to net revenue of $61.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017.