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The name of the new Hip Hop, R&B, and Rhythmic iHeart station in Philadelphia is Real 106.1, which replaces the Hot AC format the station was carrying. Chio in the Morning, which has been airing on the station for 14 years, will continue with the new format. iHeart will now go head-to-head with Radio One’s Jenkintown, PA-licensed “Boom 103.9” WPHI-FM.

iHeartMedia has signed Alt 98.7 LA morning man Woody to a new 5-year deal that includes Premiere launching The Woody Show into national syndication. Woody is a 20-year radio vet who's worked in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis, and Portland. He joined iHeart three years ago.

And they are Scott Herman, Chief Operating Officer of CBS Radio, and Jordan Wertlieb, President of Hearst Television. The elections took place during the Broadcasters Foundation’s Board of Directors meeting in New York City. Herman oversees CBS Radio's 117 stations.

The awards will return to the Los Angeles Forum on Sunday, March 11, 2018 (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) it was announced Thursday. It will be the third year the show has played the LA venue. There will once again be broadcast live on iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and on iHeartRadio, the all-in-one digital music and live streaming radio service

TagStation, which owns the NextRadio app, is partnering with Westwood One to produce a new interactive audience measurement tool for over-the-air FM radio. The two companies say this new arrangement will allow Westwood to deliver consumer insights and prove ROI to national advertisers. Westwood started testing the technology back in May and reports the test was very successful.

Anybody looking for a cluster of stations in Vermont? Ken Squier says he's 82 and it's time to move on. The Vermont Radio Group has been in family hands for 86 years, started by Ken's dad Lloyd in 1931 with WDEV-AM. Squier told his staff he will attempt to find a buyer who will preserve the long-standing station values of serving the public good, need, and necessity. The group is made up of four FMs, one AM and three translators. Dick Foreman of RAFAMEDIA is brokering the sale.

(By Paul Weyland) Have you ever wondered why we’re back at 1980s spot rates? Well, you can thank our friends at the advertising agencies, as well as our own poor negotiating skills. Imagine being present at the scene of the worst negotiation ever … between an advertising agency principle and a television general manager.

(By Ronald Robinson) There’s nothing like a new piece of terminology to excite and confuse the locals. The latest is “UX” (User Experience). We must love our terminologies, especially when they describe or re-label something that has been there all along. Say, they wouldn’t be talking about what an audience goes through when they hear our stations, now, would they?

The 30-second radio public service announcement is the latest bid by the Broadcasters Foundation of America to ensure their message reaches all broadcasters who are in need. The Foundation provides financial assistance to broadcasters in acute need due to critical illness, accident, or other serious misfortune.

The Tacoma station won 5 national awards at the 2017 Public Radio News Directors Conference, all from the station’s locally-produced culture magazine Sound Effect—“Your weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place we live.” The show airs Saturdays and explores a different themes and presents provocative and smart conversations with insight and humor.