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With Cumulus in the middle of a bankruptcy proceeding there was no earnings call to discuss the company's revenue. Cumulus simply filed a bare bones 8K with the SEC late on Wednesday announcing its results for the fourth quarter of 2017 as well as the full year. Here are the details and what CEO Mary Berner said.

After 50 years of being on the radio, today will be Don Imus' last show. Imus, who’s been on the air since 1971, now syndicated on 84 stations, will broadcast his final few hours from Cumulus' WABC in New York. If you grew up in New York in the 70's and 80's, you grew up listening to Imus and Howard Stern.

The National Association of Broadcasters has announced your new 2018 elected leaders. And there are three new members: Townsquare Co-Chief Executive Officer Dhruv Prasad, Zimmer Radio President Mike Zimmer, and Beasley's VP of Programming Justin Chase. The two-year terms of the board members begins in June. Here's a look at the entire 2018 board.

(By Laurie Kahn) We hear that finding solid sellers is a major challenge for almost all companies, especially in radio. We hear they can’t find people, that the right people don’t apply for the open positions that they are advertising, we hear that those who are the quality they need end up accepting jobs elsewhere. Why is this?

In this latest Hispanic Radio Podcast from Streamline Publishing, Skyview Networks National Hispanic Audio Sales Manager Blanche Joesten talks with RBR+TVBR Editor Adam Jacobson about the potential to bring in more revenue while building a brand-new connection to an underserved — and very passionate — audience.

NAB Show will present “From Podcast to Broadcast,” a main-stage keynote session featuring Alex, Inc. executive producers Zach Braff and Matt Tarses, the creators of the hit podcast Up and Vanished, and others. The session will take place Tuesday, April 10 at 9:30 a.m. in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The stations are WNUQ-FM in Albany, GA, KJMO-FM in Columbia, MO, WPCK-FM in Green Bay and WTOD-FM in Toledo. The stations will be put into a trust until they are sold. Here's why they are being moved...

...Or is it Buzz? Kevin Klein, who begins hosting mornings on 97.3 The Game in San Diego Thursday, sent out a tweet that included a picture of the Coronado bridge, followed by:  “JUMP … to a new morning show." And that has some in the San Diego community outraged.

Not only is the team asking Entercom to apologize for new host Kevin Klein's tweet -- using the picture of a San Diego bridge to ask listeners to "jump" to a new station -- they are also voicing their displeasure with the station's new format. And, it's being reported they are considering canceling their deal with Entercom.

(By Dave Arland) There’s a lot of talk in the radio industry about two large companies that are now in bankruptcy. Cumulus Media and iHeartMedia together operate nearly 1,300 radio stations across the country -- a little more than 10 percent of the commercial radio industry in the U.S. Well, something is terribly wrong -- but it’s not about the radio business.