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The financial situation doesn't seem to be getting any better for radio's second biggest company. A press release states Cumulus has terminated its exchange offer due to the recent court ruling against the company and Cumulus "will continue its evaluation of alternatives to address its capital structure including through ongoing discussions with its stakeholders."

Politics aside, whether you love him or hate him, there is something going on right now that could impact Hispanic radio so badly that stations could be forced to change formats or have difficulty surviving.

The company launched Hot 103.7 FM, a new R&B station, on Friday. The station debuts with the kickoff of “Big Abe in the Morning”, hosted by Abraham “Big Abe” Johnson. Johnson is an on-air veteran in New Orleans and has previously worked as a producer and assistant program director in the market.

For the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference later this month in Fort Lauderdale. If you are not registered yet GO HERE before the price increases tomorrow. Check out the agenda HERE which includes FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly as one of our keynoters.

It's true. The former Univision executive is leaving radio to join Cirque du Soleil. As of April 4th Valle will be the VP of sales for the company, based out of Las Vegas. Valle told Radio Ink he didn't want to leave radio but this opportunity with Cirque is just to epic to pass up. Valle is moderating the Hispanic Radio Executive Leadership Roundtable at our upcoming Hispanic Radio Conference.

(By Bob McCurdy) A study recently featured in an eMarketer e-blast titled, “Six Ad Blocking Stats That Deserve Your Attention,” caught ours. The “fifth stat” focused on a Wells Fargo and Optimal.com study that chronicled the type of ads consumers found to be the most annoying/intrusive.

(By Ronald Robinson) One of the many components of radio communications that has, I suspect, never been addressed, is the use of the many forms of the negative. It is the case where we, as natural speakers of the language, have always used the negative in our everyday speech and, of course, we use it on the air and in copywriting as well.

The Amarillo station’s annual Jude Country Cares Radiothon was a corker, raising $50,639 and topping last year’s total by $8,000.

According to the 2017 Infinite Dial Study, 82% of the U.S. population listens to AM/FM radio every month in their vehicles. CDs are next at 52%, digital music is at 45%, and online radio, which includes streaming services such as Pandora and Spotify, lags way behind at 26%.

Whether it's Pandora, iHeartRadio, or your local radio station. Whether it's on a phone, a table, or an Amazon Echo, "Time Spent Listening" to online audio continues to grow, according to the latest Infinite Dial study. Edison Research and Triton presented the data yesterday and here's what they said...