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On Friday, a federal judge threw out the U.S. Department of Justices interpretation of the BMI consent decree. He ruled BMI is free to engage in the fractional licensing of musical works.

Salem Music Network is picking up a new host for its syndication lineup. The Kim Fitz Show runs middays on Today’s Christian Music Network, but the five-hour show is available for any daypart.

At the 2016 Radio Show in Nashville, six stations made the final cut in the Marconi Awards Legendary Station of the Year category. Greater Media’s WBT-AM in Charlotte was one of them. To be considered for Legendary Station, the NAB requires a station to have been on the air for a minimum of 25 years. WBT/Charlotte has been around for 94.

After an ugly breakup with the old Cumulus regime, the Paul Finebaum Show launched on ESPN Radio August 12, 2013. Beginning August 12 of this year, ESPN Radio will syndicate the show, making it available to radio stations all over the country.

Radio Ink sits down with Deloitte's Director of Research, TMT Duncan Stewart to get his predictions on more of radio's future compared to TV, as well as hot issues like 2023 ad spend, podcasting, and AM's place in the car.

Both the National Retail Federation and PwC predict happy holidays for the economy due to confidence from the American consumer. And this is certainly good news for radio as advertisers tend to spend more money when confidence is up and the economy is humming.

In the book, The Platinum Rule, Tony Alessandra and Michael O'Connor suggest that the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", be replaced with the Platinum Rule, "Do unto others as THEY would want done unto themselves".

Cumulus Atlanta stations WWWQ-FM and WKHX-FM raised $218,437 for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in the 5th annual Making Miracles Radiothon and the New Country 101FIVE Making Miracles concert.

Brazil sports broadcaster FOX Sports Brasil, has selected an on-premise deployment version of the Veritone aiWARE platform to cognitively enrich and index both archived content and live streams. In Brazil the media and entertainment market is projected to reach $43.7 billion by 2021.

Benztown and P1 Media Group will host a free webinar featuring legendary programmer Lee Abrams. 'Next: Creating Amazing Radio' is set for May 13.