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A major move at one of radio's largest companies. Steven Price, Townsquare’s founder and CEO, will transition to a new role of Executive Chairman of the Board. Price founded Townsquare in May 2010. Bill Wilson and Dhruv Prasad have been promoted to Co-Chief Executive Officers and will report to the Board of Directors. Townsquare has 318 radio stations in 67 small and medium markets. Price has been on Radio Ink's 40 Most Powerful People in Radio list for seven consecutive years, reaching #5 in 2015.

In the wake of tragic losses brought on by the Napa Valley wildfires and similar destruction from recent hurricanes, especially in terms of lives, support for activation of the FM chip in cell phones has grown, placing the issue front and center not only with the industry, but among consumers, too. Now this industry needs to take this fight to the next level.

Up until now, when Entercom had been providing shareholders details about the merger (and filing documents with the SEC) the date for the special shareholder meeting has been left blank. Not anymore.

Our thanks to Centennial Broadcasting in Fredericksburg, Virginia, for sharing this story. After a month-long contest B101.5 listener April Burch won a new Nissan Rogue 3-year lease from the station and local Nissan dealer. Burch and her family decided to opt-out of taking the Nissan Rogue. Here's why...

Beasley Media Group will present Vegas Strong: A Night of Healing on Thursday, October 19 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The concert will honor all victims, survivors, and first responders from the October 1 shooting that claimed 59 lives.

Salem is launching a contemporary urban gospel signal in St. Louis Monday, October 23. The station will be called Praise 95.1, “The St. Louis Gospel Experience” and will be heard on WSDZ 95.1 FM and 1260 AM. Salem has moved Conservative format "The Answer" to KXFN-FM 105.3 and KXFN-AM 1380.

The wildfires in California continue to take lives and property and several radio stations are dealing with trying to stay on the air to help provide information to their local communities. KZST (Santa Clara) owner Gordon Zlot tells the California Report he was sure his station was about to burn to the ground.

The Philadelphia Inquirer is the latest print publication to call on Apple to make it easier for consumers to listen to FM Radio by flipping on the FM Chip and allowing NextRadio to pop up on iPhones, available for use without consuming data.

(Roy Williams) We love to be in the presence of powerful communicators who take us places and make us feel things: actors and filmmakers, dancers and photographers, sculptors and illustrators, singers and architects, teachers and musicians, painters and writers. When brilliant communicators work their magic, we get lost in it.

(By Deborah Parenti) Congratulations, you’ve been promoted to manager. You’ve been handed the keys. You’re in charge. While once the title may have carried a more autonomous ring, a manager is still a manager. Implicit with the role is an expectation that you have all the answers.