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Cumulus reported total revenue of $290.5 million in the second quarter of 2017, compared to revenue of $287.2 million in 2016. Westwood One had a very strong quarter with revenue up over 6% to $81.2 million. Radio station revenue was down slightly but still outperformed the markets in which Cumulus operates. Radio station revenue was down .7% to $208.6 million. When you combine the two divisions, Cumulus was up 1.2% for the quarter.

CEO Mary Berner said the company is focused on maximizing the value of Cumulus' great collection of assets, however, she added the company's massive debt continue to be a problem. "Our heavy debt load continues to constrain both our ability to do business in the short-term and achieve our full potential in the long term."

Cumulus CEO Mary Berner said the over 6% revenue growth for the quarter at Westwood One didn't happen by accident. And while she did not mention Westwood One President Suzanne Grimes (pictured here) by name it was crystal clear she's very happy with Grimes' leadership at the network.

Jim Principi is the President/General Manager for Saga's Charlottesville Radio Group. We reached out to Jim and asked him how the community is holding up and how his team covered recent events. He told Radio Ink the residents in the community are shaken but resilient. "The community is determined to show that this past weekend's terrible events do not represent what the Charlottesville community believes or who we are." Here's how his team covered the news.

According to the latest data released from Nielsen, Classic Hits and Classic Rock stations are battling to become the top format of the summer. From June to July, Classic Hits, benefited from an increase in share of audience across all three major demographics Nielsen monitors. And you may be surprised where the big gains came from...

Jacobs Media/Jacapps President Fred Jacobs and Amplifi Media Founder/CEO Steven Goldstein will participate in a session called "Radio's New Strategies and New Platforms” Wednesday, September 6 at The Radio Show in Austin. Jacobs will discuss findings from a recent NAB study on the digital dash. Goldstein will detail podcasting strategies.

For two weeks now, The Home Depot has really backed off on the number of commercials its been running on radio stations all over the country. With only 24,336 spots running the big box home improvement store comes in at number five on the Media Monitors weekly chart. GEICO took the top spot with 42,198 spots. McDonald's was second (27,950) followed by JC Penney (27,164) and AutoZone (27,153).

The judge in the Taylor Swift groping case has removed the superstar singer from the case stating that former KYGO Denver morning man David Mueller did not prove Swift has anything to do with him losing his job.