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Seton Hall University’s student-run radio station, WSOU 89.5 FM, will celebrate 70 years of continuous operation on Saturday, April 14. Festivities include a gathering of more than 200 station alumni for dinner and the induction of three new members into the WSOU Hall of Fame.

The Conclave has released its agenda for the 43rd Conclave Summer Learning Conference, which will take place July 18–20 at The Doubletree by Hilton, Minneapolis -- Park Place. For the full agenda, visit: The Conclave. Registration is only $249 for a limited time.  

Westwood One and the NCAA will broadcast the 2018 NCAA Men’s Final Four in Spanish for the second consecutive year. The trio of Rafael Hernández Brito, former All-American Greivis Vásquez and Clemson Smith Muñiz will once again announce all the action for the Spanish-language Final Four® and the National Championship.

NuVoodoo Media Services will present a free webinar, “How to Win the Workplace War With PPM Panelists & Diary Keepers,” to radio stations and programming professionals Monday, April 2-Monday, April 9.

Alpha Media Mankato’s KYSM and Z99 raised $77,610 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with a two-day radiothon. The Minnesota stations broadcasted live each day for 12 hours. Sister stations KRBI and KMKO also supported with additional promotional activities.

On Wednesday, the official committee of unsecured creditors objected to Cumulus' plan to reorganize. That was followed by an objection by an ad hoc cross-holder committee. Cumulus quickly followed up with a statement that said the objections were normal and will not impact the company's restructuring timeline.

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?