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Nielsen has signed a multi-year agreement with radio's largest company. The deal covers all PPM and diary measured markets. In all, 150 markets iHeart operates in will be measured by Nielsen. The agreement also includes the use of Nielsen data and services for Katz Media Group, Premiere, and Total Traffic & Weather Network.

We know that we set the bar pretty high for our annual Forecast event. Well this year, we've gone above and beyond to recruit a list of experts are right out of the top drawer. What these industry luminaries have to say can change the results you get and the way you approach your day-to-day. Check out who we have coming...

Thanks to our friend Elroy Smith for sharing this news about KBLX-FM in San Francisco. The KBLX PD tells Radio Ink the station has been recognized for their contributions to black music and artists by being the first radio station inducted into the Bay Area Black Music Hall of Fame.

American Public Media is receiving a $1.5 million grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to lead a new investigative journalism initiative with Southern California Public Radio (KPCC), Kansas City Public Media (KCUR), New York Public Radio (WNYC), and Public Broadcasting Atlanta (WABE).

Community Broadcasters radio stations Border 106.7 and 94 Rock WOTT raised over $103,000 dollars during the Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon over a 36-hour period, beginning November 1. All proceeds go to supporting services for infants and children at pediatric and neonatal intensive care units.

Eye on Veterans, a new radio program which aims to provide military veterans and their families with useful information about finance, healthcare, and transitioning back into civilian life, will begin airing on the CBS News Radio Network this Saturday, November 11 – Veterans Day.

One week from today, Jay Abraham will sit down with Shark Tank's Daymond John in a one-on-one conversation at Radio Ink's Forecast gathering in New York City. He's also a keynote speaker at the event. Abraham is recognized as one of the world’s most successful marketing strategists, business innovators, entrepreneurial advisors and masters of revenue enhancement.

Live events and national digital revenue are not working out the way Townsquare hoped. On the other hand, radio is. The company announced it's conducting a review of its Entertainment division due to another poor revenue quarter, which could result in a reorganization of that division. That would also mean a total focus on growing core revenue, which comes from radio.

It was a four-man show on the Townsquare earnings call, Tuesday. Former CEO Steven Price, now Executive Board Chairman, introduced new Co-CEOs Bill Wilson and Dhruv Prasad. Wilson will focus on running the radio stations while Prasad focuses on other aspects of the business such as M&A, dealing with investors, and HR.

On the eve of his next court date (today), former WFAN host Craig Carton spoke to USA Today about his life being turned upside down since his arrest in September. Carton, who resigned from his high-paying morning show co-host chair, is accused of being part of a Ponzi scheme that fraudulently procured $4.6 million from a hedge fund.