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For the fifth year in a row, WBGL/Champaign, IL, formed a team to participate in the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon to raise awareness about human trafficking. Together, WBGL listeners and those in the races raised over $83,000.

Cumulus Media has announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has confirmed the Company’s Plan of Reorganization. The Company expects to emerge from Chapter 11 before the end of the quarter, after the conditions to the Plan are satisfied.

Southern California Broadcasters Association President Thom Callahan is not a big fan of Spotify and he's put out an 'alert' to members as ammo to use with their advertisers. Callahan says, The PR spin machine for Spotify has been in overdrive this week after releasing its quarterly earnings. "We’ve seen this movie before and it was called “Pandora”. Remember them?"

Urban One is selling WPZR-FM (Praise 102.7) in Detroit to Educational Media Foundation for $12.7 million. EMF CEO Mike Novak tells Radio Ink the company will put its K-LOVE format on that frequency.

After a mini-retirement, Mike Francesa was back on the air at WFAN Tuesday afternoon. He said it was nice to be back and a little surprising to be back. He also said, "I missed doing the show, I admit it." Francesa said he wasn't going to go through everything that went on because "some of it is none of your business."

How many radio lives does Josh Innes have? The last time we wrote about Innes was during the Superbowl when he got himself kicked off Radio Row for arguing with another radio host, something he's become known for. He's at it again.

Of course, that's assuming one of your radio stations even has a News Director these days. According to the 2018 RTNDA/Hofstra Newsroom Survey, small market news directors are making $30,000 per year. In medium markets, they are making $35,000. In large markets the salary jumps to $53,000. And in major markets, the median salary for a news director is $82,500.

The National Association of Broadcasters is now accepting nominations for the 2018 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, and will do so until May 31. The awards recognize overall excellence and performance in radio.

Entercom has launched sports content on KGMZ-AM in San Francisco. The station will simulcast content from sister station 95.7-FM 'THE GAME'. The station had been under an LMA, programming Radio Zindagi, an entertainment and information format targeting the 280,000 South Asians in the Bay Area.

iHeartMedia Chicago's BIG 95.5 presented Jason Aldean, Back to the Bar with three-time and reigning ACM “Entertainer of the Year" Jason Aldean, at Joe's on Weed St. on Sunday, April 29. The event raised over $32,000 with all proceeds going to Susan G. Komen for Breast Cancer research.