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You can add another five Members of the House of Representatives to the list of cosponsors of the bipartisan resolution that opposes "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act now has 185 cosponsors in the House and 22 in the Senate.

Morning show hosts Scotty K and Bret Mega at The New Hot 93.3/Dallas-Fort Worth, will launch 93 Days of Kindness on June 1. It's a summer-long campaign, running through September 1, with the goal of spreading kindness in a world that has so much negative present.

You need to get cracking if you plan to apply for a scholarship to the 2017 Rising Through the Ranks women’s radio sales management seminar, to be held August 16-17 at BMI’s Nashville office. Applications are being accepted through Wednesday, June 7, and are available on RAB.com.

Radio Ink is proud to announce that Kay Olin has been chosen as our 2017 MIW Legend. She will be featured in our June 16 Most Influential Women in Radio Issue with a special interview. Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti said, "Kay Olin has been a pioneer, a wave maker and glass shatterer for all of her career."

In part two of our three-part preview of Brad Kelly's Radio Ink cover story interview, we cover the topic of online ratings. The radio industry has been anxiously waiting for when it can show advertisers a combined listening total of listeners that includes both over-the-air listening and online listening. We also asked the big question -- Where does Pandora fit into that mix?

In a filing with the SEC Wednesday Cumulus revealed what four executives would be paid if certain performance goals were met by the company. If the company met certain quarterly EBITDA performance goals in 2017, here's what CEO Mary Berner and three other executives will make this year.

Broker Michael Bergner tells Radio Ink the selling price for WXJZ-FM in Gainesville was $500,000. Marc Radio is the buyer, which also owns four FMs and two AMs in the Gainesville market. JVC is not selling off its stations. Owner John Caracciolo tells Radio Ink this was simply an offer he could not turn down. JVC still has three stations in the Gainesville market.

The Detroit Pistons and CBS Radio Detroit announced Wednesday that the team has agreed to a multi-year deal with "97.1 FM The Ticket" (WXYT), making the station the team’s radio flagship partner beginning with the 2017-18 season.

The jocks’ nonprofit charity, Ace & TJ’s Grin Kids, aims to enhance the lives of terminally ill and chronically disabled children. In tandem Charlotte-area Jersey Mike’s stores, they broke their fundraising record during the national sub franchise’s Month of Giving initiative in March,  raising $149,200.

July 26-28 are the dates for this year’s Conclave, marking 42 years of educating radio broadcasters. One of the highlights will be the Third Annual Speed Mentoring Breakfast on Friday, July 28, from 9-11 a.m. The venue for this year’s Conclave Learning Conference is the Doubletree by Hilton – Minneapolis Park Place.