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On Monday, Nielsen announced it has renewed its contract with CBS Radio for its 117 stations in 26 markets. CBS Radio will also use the Nielsen Data Management Platform, a Cloud application which, for the first time, includes using Nielsen Audio data from Nielsen’s PPM to connect with broadcast listeners through digital channels.

The FCC's Chief Information Officer David Bray said the Commission has been dealing with multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks in its Electronic Comment Filing System which have caused delays for consumers who want to file valid comments. The Commission did not specify the problem was caused by Late Night TV host John Oliver who's been pushing his viewers to the site over Chairman Pai's plan to rollback Net Neutrality.

CEO Ed Atsinger said he was quite pleased with the numbers for the quarter, due to the fact in Q1 2016 Salem took in $1.2 million in political revenue and this year only $100,000. Excluding political, Salem's broadcast revenue would have been up slightly. Total revenue for the company was $64.6 million.

The only change to the weekly Media Monitors spot chart was Mattress Firm (29,550) and Boost Mobile (29,44) flipping one spot. The mattress giant was third last week and Boost Mobile moved down to fourth. The Home Depot (50,410) remained number one and GEICO (39,5360) number two. JC Penney rounds out the top five from last week (27,855).

In 2017, not only is Radio Ink celebrating its 25th birthday, our Radio Wayne Awards also turn 25. The Radio Wayne Awards recognize outstanding performance in radio leadership, management, and sales. In 1994, Skip Finley won the Radio Wayne for Broadcaster of the Year and we recently caught up with Finley to discuss the award he won and what he's working on.

The 8K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission says Azoff's decision to resign as a director was not due to any disagreements with the company or on any matter relating to the company’s operations, policies or practices.

(By Bob McCurdy) Is there a simple way to enhance commercial engagement? If there is, that would be a good thing in light of an OMD study which concluded that ad engagement has an eight-times larger impact on sales than gross rating points.

That's according to the latest Jacobs Media study of radio listeners, Techsurvey 13. Jacobs Media President Fred Jacobs says radio’s traditional listening locations – the home, the car, and the workplace – are undergoing change. "From content consumed to new distribution outlets to emerging gadgetry, the traditional pattern of media usage and radio listening are changing – in some cases, rapidly."

(By Randy Lane) Recently, Jimmy Kimmel took his audience on a captivating personal journey of the birth of his son and his emergency heart surgery. Crisis situations are a way to express vulnerability. We coach talent to divulge a wide range of emotions, including self-deprecation, regrets, and joy. Kimmel’s story demonstrated the power of vulnerability and authenticity.

(By Ronald Robinson) I can usually tell when a PD has run out of gas. They start providing motivational sessions – what we used to call “sparkle meetings.” When a PD can’t identify what makes an effective, on-air communicator (or writer), and those things that limit the staff, they have to switch to the “Sis-boom-bah”-mode.