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Entercom and the Chicago Bulls have announced that 670 The Score will be the team's new flagship station. The agreement runs through the 2020-21 season and begins Saturday when the Bulls take on the Clippers. Cumulus backed out of its deal with the Bulls when it filed for bankruptcy, stating the deal was unprofitable.

The Big Machine Label Group luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 7, during Country Radio Seminar 2018 will feature a lineup of performances from such notables as Sugarland, Brett Young, Drake White, Trent Harmon, Josh Phillips, and Tyler Rich.

On Tuesday, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to eliminate a decades-old requirement that broadcasters routinely file paper copies of station contracts and certain other documents with the Commission. The goal is to reduce unnecessary regulation that can impede competition and innovation in media markets.

And the conclusion of the FCC's preliminary investigation was that the false missile alert in Hawaii was a combination of human error and inadequate safeguards. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said he was most troubled by two things...

Los Angeles News Talk radio station 790 KABC swept the 68th Annual RTNA Golden Mike Awards on Saturday, January 27, capturing top honors in all five categories in which the station was nominated. The station has won nine Golden Mike Awards in the past two years and sportscaster Randy Wang brought home his second consecutive win this year.

Who are the champs right now? The challengers? The “Internet” aggregators? And why isn’t Netflix one of them? And what media stocks should investors own in 2018? Tom Asacker and Mark Ramsey will discuss, drawing from an article by Laura Martin.

105.7 MAX FM has launched Max Cares – Taking Care of San Diego Together, a media outreach program that brings one local charity a month to the forefront with the goal of educating the community about the organization and the work they do in the community.

The inaugural Hope for the Hills Radiothon for LifeScape raised $38,217 to help children with disabilities. Haugo Broadcasting stations KICK 104, Hits 102.7, 95.1 KSKY, and ESPN Rapid City 1340 AM/105.7 FM broadcast the radiothon from LifeScape in Rapid City for two days, Dec. 7-8, 2017.

Roy Spencer (pictured) started his company, Perma-Seal Basement Systems, four decades ago from the back of his pick-up truck. He had that one vehicle, no employees, and only needed to support and feed himself. In 2018, Perma-Seal has three offices and 170 employees in the Chicagoland area. A big reason for his success is he's been a consistent advertiser on Chicago's radio stations. Here's Roy's story (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media)

Emmis announced on Tuesday that it is selling its St. Louis stations KSHE (94.7 FM) and The Point (KPNT, 105.7 FM) to Hubbard, and KFTK (FM News Talk 97.1 FM) and NOW (KNOU, 96.3 FM) to Entercom. Hubbard owns 3 FM's in St Louis and Entercom owns three stations in the market, 2 FM's and 1 AM.  Terms of the deals were not disclosed.