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According to The Tyler Morning Telegraph former Arkansas Governor and one-time syndicated talk show host Mike Huckabee is part of a group buying four radio stations in Tyler, Texas. The company is called East Texas Results Media, owned by Mike Huckabee, Paul Coates and Libby Coates. Huckabee is a 49 percent owner in the company.

The FCC has denied the Petition for Reconsideration from Panama City, California, pirate Nelson Quintanilla. The FCC did not buy his argument that he has limited assets to pay the $25,000 fine. The Commission stated the Quintanilla "would have known his income when the Bureau issued the underlying Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture." Read the order HERE.

Is this still the FCC doing whack-a-mole on pirate radio stations? Rubena Hemmings has been given 10 days to respond to an FCC letter that he is operating an illegal radio station at 102.5 in the Bronx. The Commission has put Hemmings on notice that he is "operating without valid authorization." As if he didn't know that. Here's the FCC's letter to Hemmings.

When disasters hit, you can count on radio to show up and help out. The recent, historic flooding of St. Louis is still having an effect with thousands of area residents still in need of assistance. New Country 92.3 and the St. Louis Cardinals will present the Flood Relief Benefit Concert on Memorial Day at Busch Stadium.

The station is FM 949 (KBZT) in San Diego and it will join fellow Entercom stations 94.7 FM (KNRK) Portland, and 99.9 FM (KISW) and 107.7 The End FM (KNDD) Seattle, in the ongoing partnership with Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy Foundation. Since forming the partnership in 2015, the Portland and Seattle stations have raised over $200,000 for the cause.

Mark Gray started as an AE at Katz Media, mentored by the late Stu Olds for 15 years. He would advance, taking on many management roles, including president of the Katz Radio division, before being promoted to president of Katz Radio Group in 2006. In 2016, with the departure of Mark Rosenthal, Gray was promoted to CEO of Katz Media Group. Gray is on the May 8 cover of Radio Ink magazine discussing radio's national revenue picture, among many other topics. Here's an excerpt from that interview.

John Kage successfully programmed KQKS for years under Lincoln, joining Entercom Denver upon the sale of Lincoln to Entercom in 2015. He then left for Cox in Tampa to program WPOI. He's a single dad and his son missed Denver, so when Cox allowed him to leave Tampa, Bonneville Market Manager Bob Call hired him to program KYGO back in Denver. The reason Call wanted him was simple, "He wins."

Alpha, Beasley, CBS, Cumulus/Westwood One, Emmis, Entercom, Radio One, and Townsquare are all now offering inventory on Katz's Programmatic buying platform.

The former KYGO Denver morning man accused of groping Taylor Swift at a 2013 concert meet-and-greet "had the profile of a person likely to sexually assault women,” according to University of Colorado Professor McFarland’s motion, says Lorraine Bayard de Volo. She's a professor of women and gender issues and has never even met David Mueller.

Kathy Hart from the Hall of Fame morning team in Chicago has been missing from the show for several weeks, according to Robert Feder, and with very little explanation. Here's what Hubbard Chicago Market Manager Jeff England told Radio Ink on Tuesday...