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That's the purchase price for three FM radio stations, one in San Diego (KSOQ-FM), one in Los Angeles (KSWD-FM), and one in Wilkes-Barre (WGGI-FM). Educational Media Foundation will pay Entercom $57.75 million for the three stations when the Entercom/CBS merger closes.

2018 will be the 43rd year for the Conclave Summer Learning Conference, which will be held July 25-27 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Minneapolis-Park Place. Registration is $199 for a limited time at TheConclave.com. 2018 speakers and panels will be announced soon.

iHeartMedia-Charlotte Country station 96.9 The Kat announced Monday an all-star lineup for the Kat 6 Man + Cam Acoustic Jam taking place on Thursday, November 2 at Coyote Joe’s in Charlotte. A portion of the proceeds from the ticket sales will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

The new Spanish Language (Mexican Regional) format will be heard on 93.7 in Phoenix and simulcast on 1230-AM. The station will feature songs from artists such as: Julión Alvarez, Calibre 50, Intocable, Gerardo Ortiz and Vicente Fernandez.

Sun Broadcast Group has expanded its partnership with Envision Networks to include additional affiliate sales support for Sun’s nationally syndicated shows, Little Steven’s Underground Garage and Slacker & Steve. Envision will continue its affiliation support for Sun’s Shazam for Radio platform, a role they’ve been in since 2016.

That Pennsylvania market (Nielsen market #72) was not mentioned as part of the original plan to divest stations to stay under FCC caps. Entercom currently has 6 signals in Wilkes-Barre, WGGY (Froggy 101) is a country station. Before this announcement, EMF did not have a signal in the market.

Marc Kaye is the Market Manager for Hubbard Radio in Seattle. He's also been chosen as one of Radio's Best Managers for 2017 and will be featured in the October 9 issue of Radio Ink Magazine, along with a small group of radio's other top managers. Kaye runs a five-station cluster for Hubbard in Seattle, leading and managing over 100 employees.

On Tuesday, the FCC proposed the maximum fine allowable by statute — $144,344 — against a pirate radio station in North Miami, Florida. The action marks the first time the Commission has proposed finding the property owners where the transmission equipment was located apparently liable for the operation of the station.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai continues his aggressive attack against pirate operators, especially those that are repeat offenders. Following the announcement that North Miami pirates would be hit with the maximum fine allowable ($144,000), Pai said since becoming Chairman he's made it quite clear that the FCC won’t tolerate the unauthorized and illegal use of the radio spectrum.

On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposed to eliminate rules requiring certain broadcasters to keep paper copies of FCC rules. Copies of the rules are now available online and the Commission stated the paper copy requirements are outdated and unnecessarily burdensome.