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(By Ronald Robinson) Recently, the astute chairman of Radio Ink, Eric Rhoads, wrote an article in the magazine appealing to radio’s ownership, management, and working staffs. While no cheerleader for Great Big Bloated Corporate Radio, he also cautions those who would eagerly rip into the larger corporations for all the known and (mostly) accepted rationales.

Arizona Senator John McCain returned to the Senate, after being diagnosed with brain cancer, to vote on repealing Obamacare. McCain called for more civility from his colleagues in Washington. He then ripped into talk radio and what those who work in that business really want for this country. Here's what he had to say.

In her latest report to investors Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker says radio revenue "is slow but improving." Ryvicker expects Entercom's Q2 revenue to be off 2% with the Charlotte market up 1%. She's also expecting CBS Radio to be down 3.5% for the second quarter.

When much of downtown Peoria encountered a massive power outage recently, the Alpha Media stations in Peoria had to act quickly to keep the community in the loop and stay on the air. WMBD went old school by broadcasting at the transmitter site.

The WABC New York talk host was arrested Tuesday morning outside of the Mayor’s residence, Gracie Mansion. Cumulus promoted the arrest in a press release, stating, "The arrest took place just after 8 a.m. while Sliwa, who also serves as the Reform Party chairman, was attempting to serve Mayor Bill De Blasio legal documents regarding the Working Families Party ballot line. You can watch a video of the arrest, that Sliwa posted to the WABC website, HERE.

(by Wayne Ens) I don’t get a chance to go fishing very often, so when I took a day off last week to go fishing I was reminded of some valuable sales lessons. Here are five of those lessons I was reminded of while trying to catch the big one...

Consultant Randy Lane first heard sisters Serene and Pearl on a podcast and knew they had natural talent. They host a personality-driven show for music-formatted stations. The 7 p.m.-12 midnight program airs Monday through Friday, hosted by sisters Serene Allison and Pearl Barrett and co-host Danny Valdes.

According to the RMLC it's because the lawsuit filed in November 2016 was filed in Pennsylvania and the RMLC says GMR is taking that out on Pennsylvania radio stations by refusing to cut licensing deals with them. "GMR has been clear that it does not want to litigate this case in front of this court; it would prefer to litigate in its home court in Los Angeles."

Many of you will remember the 2012 lawsuit filed against SESAC for attempting to monopolize the market. SESAC was not subject to the same government consent decree as BMI and ASCAP. RMLC filed suit against the smaller PRO, which it was on the road to winning, before SESAC agreed to a 20-year deal with the radio industry.

Radio Ink reached out to Azoff's organization to get a response the RMLC's latest motion. GMR says the motion is frivolous and a transparent attempt to create jurisdiction in Pennsylvania – a state where neither organization has offices or employees, where no GMR songwriters or publishers live, and where no relevant meetings ever took place.