Headlines

It was announced Wednesday morning that Monroe Capital is lending the money to the station to help pay down debt. It's a $35 million senior credit facility to support the recapitalization of Jerry Lee's WBEB in Philadelphia.

United Stations had already owned half of the prep services company. Now, USRN owns the entire company and has asked founder Stefan Jones (pictured) to stay on as Senior VP/Content Sales and Affiliations. USRN will now oversee the production, distribution and affiliate relations efforts for Nineball’s entire lineup of programming. USRN has been acting as Nineball’s marketing partner to the advertising community for the last decade.

Some things just go together, like coffee and doughnuts. And that's how relationships should be between Hispanic radio and its advertising and agency partners. But do you know what advertisers are really looking for from Hispanic radio?

Spirit 105.7, "Today's Christian Music" has been launched by CMG in Tulsa. The "Spirit” brand was moved from its FM channel, to Cox Cable Channel 1982, back in 2009. At the time, news/talk station KRMG took over the 102.3 dial position to add an FM broadcast. 105.7 is a new translator.

The Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio Group has announced details for the 2016 Mildred Carter Mentoring Program. Now in its 15th year, the MIW’s mentoring program matches up-and-coming women in the radio industry with female professionals recognized as leaders in all aspects of radio.

The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) announced Wednesday the launch of a new series of best-practice videos for newsrooms called Ed Talks, named for Edward R. Murrow.

The attack on your place in the DASH continues. And this time it's coming from the biggest tech name in the world. Apple calls CarPlay, the "ultimate copilot," where drivers can get directions, make calls, send and receive messages, and, of course, listen to music. And CarPlay was all over CES last week, as automakers like Ford, Chrysler, and Volkswagen incorporated the infotainment interface into some of CES's biggest press conferences. Was radio highlighted so brightly?

Attorney Jack Goodman, who was at one time general counsel for the NAB, says there are several reasons why political advertisers, broadcasters and the FCC should worry about the $540,000 fine recently handed down by the FCC on Cumulus. Goodman writes, in a letter on TVNewscheck, that for one the enormous amount is troubling.

At least until the Fall and that could be be good news for radio stations hoping to see the two fantasy sports sites dump more money into advertising. A state appeals court has ruled that DraftKings and FanDuel can continue to operate in the state of New York through the current sports seasons.

Ever since we ran THIS STORY on Friday of last week there's been a very lively debate on our website amongst our readers and Radio Ink Chairman Eric Rhoads. One reader accused Eric of having "clouded judgement" when he writes about the iHeartMedia CEO. Here's exactly what that reader said and Eric's response...