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Mike Francesa has been hosting afternoon drive, a lot of those years with Chris Russo, at WFAN in New York since 1987. He's also been number one on the Radio Ink Local Sports Talkers list since that list was created. Francesa told Katie Nolan on her Podcast that he's leaving WFAN at the end of 2017.

Kudos to iHeartMedia in Detroit. But after all, isn't this is what local radio is all about? In under 36 hours, and with help from all the iHeartMedia radio stations, WNIC-FM's Jay Towers in the Morning started a water drive to help address the Flint, MI, water crisis.

It didn't take management too long to make that call after it was widely reported that Innes called Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce a "lap dog" and "house negro" during his show in Tuesday.

It's been about a year now since long-time Emmis morning man Big Boy left Power 106 for iHeartMedia's start-up Hip Hop station Real 92.3 in Los Angeles. Emmis filed a lawsuit against Big Boy claiming they had right of first refusal to match the offer given to him by iHeart. Emmis claimed it did match iHeart's $3.5 million salary and other perks, however Big Boy crossed the street anyway. Emmis has confirmed that a settlement between the two sides has been reached. Emmis was asking for $5 Million.

With a projected $11.4 billion in advertising dollars in play for the 2016 elections, Hispanic broadcasters are poised to grab record political revenue! Will you be ready to claim your share? Join us at the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference.

It's the shiny new toy, compared to radio, which is the consistent, hundred-year-old, cash-flow generating medium that everyone loves to bash. Every marketer and advertiser loves digital and we all know the money is shifting into that space. However...

(by John Garziglia) With all of the activity surrounding the imminent January 29th opening of the 250 mile FM translator move window for AM stations, the other proposals made by the FCC in AM revitalization have almost been forgotten. Finally, however, the FCC’s further proposals are published in the Federal Register

Beginning Monday, February 1, “The Current” will broadcast on 90.9 FM and 100.5 WSCN HD-2. The station will hire a Duluth-based radio personality to host a weekly Duluth local music show, with the opportunity to create additional programming specific to the region.

Former CBS Radio President Dan Mason, who will be interviewed by Spanish Broadcasting System EVP/Programming Jesus Salas at The Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference March 22 and 23, will be the speaker at a special luncheon during Conclave 41 in July.