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As if pirate radio stations weren't enough of a headache for broadcasters, now they have to worry about amateur radio operators. The Commission wants Lyle Hilden, the licensee of amateur radio station KD6LUL in Vista, California, to provide more information about his operation.

We previewed this event and now we can tell you that New Country 92.3 raised more than $18,000 for Salvation Army Flood Relief, to benefit Missourians still recovering from the Spring 2017 floods that took place across the state

There are golf tournaments and then there are golf tournaments. But the American Cancer Society’s 10th Annual Coaches vs. Cancer Las Vegas Golf Classic, May 22-23, was in a league of its own. College basketball coaches from around the US raised over a million dollars net with the event and radio was there to cover it.

Or the FCC will take possession of the stations and donate them. That's because the stations have not been serving the public interest and have not been operating for meaningful periods. The Commission gets serious about an FCC license when stations do not serve the public interest or remain silent for most of the term of their license. Read the FCC's order against Cochise HERE.

This all has to do with the complicated issue of fractional licensing. Last week, the Department of Justice filed its opening brief in its appeal of the Southern District of New York’s interpretation of the BMI consent decree related to “fractional licensing.”

WLS PD Brian Thomas tells Robert Feder he hopes the legendary Chicago radio host is back on the air in June. Biondi has been off the air since April, recovering from some sort of leg ailment. The 84-year old did release this statement about his status....

(By Eric Roads) As the world is more than happy to demonstrate these days, change comes at us fast, and often from unexpected — sometimes shocking – directions. Hardly a day passes that some new scandal or revelation doesn’t come roaring at us, reported by what sometimes seems an increasingly panic-prone media. In the midst of so much drama, you have to know who to trust.

(By Bob McCurdy) The radio industry’s leading headline of late has been its 93% reach metric. Wisely, we are no longer positioning ourselves as the “frequency” medium in such a fragmented, reach-parched media landscape for good reason, as companies typically grow by getting more customers, and getting more customers requires reaching more people.

iHeartMedia St. Louis has debuted the new Majic 103.7, “Today’s R&B and Throwbacks.” The station has kicked off with 10,000 songs in a row, commercial-free. Majic 103.7 will feature artists such as Mary J. Blige, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Maxwell, and Janet Jackson.

In part three of our three-part preview of Brad Kelly's Radio Ink cover story interview, we ask Kelly what the giant ratings firm is doing to help radio succeed? after all the radio industry pays bucket loads of cash to Nielsen to produce a product it hopes will be accurate and produce a nice return on their investment.