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Sun Broadcast Group has entered into a purchase agreement with Bernadette Productions, producer of “The House of Hair with Dee Snider” radio show and daily vignettes. Pam Edwards, owner of Bernadette Productions, has put in 20 years of hard work for the show and Sun has asked Edwards to remain a stakeholder in the new venture. The show, which the former frontman for Twisted Sister still hosts, has over 160 affiliates.

It's called "97.5 Pride Radio" and iHeartMedia says it will be the pulse of LGBT Austin. 97.5 Pride Radio is iHeartMedia’s second FM radio station in the country with programming devoted to local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) listeners and allies. The station is being launched on a new translator and not replacing any format iHeart currently has in the market.

The NPR One App, with its recent update, has moved another step closer to being a one-stop shop for all audio content. NPR One gives listeners a highly personalized stream on their phone. The stream is built from the listeners behavior and includes local and national newscasts and podcasts

(by Buzz Knight) I've just wrapped up another trip to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and as always, I have some final thoughts to take back to our audio business. The number one takeaway that comes out of my trip to CES is the reinforcement of the theme of innovation. Everywhere you look, touch, and smell at the event evokes this notion. The event has an optimistic edge unlike anything I have ever felt before at any event.

On the heels of the mutual decision by the presidents of Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Washington to allow a community-based group to make an offer for KPLU in Seattle, SAVE KPLU has officially launched a fundraising campaign.

ABC Radio has put together a one-hour special to honor David Bowie, who died over the weekend. It's called, “Starman: Remembering David Bowie,” and it pays tribute to the legendary musician.

On February 9, 12 of the country format’s most successful songwriters will perform at Bob Kingsley's Acoustic Alley. Rhett Akins, Rodney Clawson, Ross Copperman, Andrew Dorff, Josh Kear, Shane McAnally, Heather Morgan, Tim Nichols, Josh Osborne, Jonathan Singleton, and Jimmy Yeary are all set to perform at the event. For the fifth consecutive year, Kingsley is hosting the event at the Country Radio Seminar.

Radio One's classic hip hop format in Atlanta can now be heard on both 97.5 and 102.9. Market Manager Tim Davies says the expansion was timed with the launch of the Ed Lover Show which Radio One added in Atlanta.

If you are involved in or compete with Hispanic radio, you can’t afford to miss this! At Radio Ink’s Hispanic Radio Conference, Dan Mason will sit down with Spanish Broadcasting System EVP/Programming Jesus Salas in a live one-on-one conversation covering every hot topic in Hispanic radio.

Artist Melissa Ferrick has sued Spotify for "wholesale copyright infringement." She accuses Spotify of using her music without properly licensing her work, marking the second such suit in two weeks. She's asking for $200 Million. This suit comes shortly after Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven frontman David Lowery brought a separate class-action case against Spotify. Read more at The L.A. Times