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Hats off to Townsquare Media’s stations in Sioux Falls, SD. On Thursday, March 2, and Friday, March 3, HOT 104.7, MIX 97.3, BEE 102.7, KIKN 100.5, and KSOO 1140 AM hosted their 10th Annual “Cure Kids Cancer Radiothon” at the Sanford Children’s Hospital.

EJ Greig is the PD at "93 WBLX The Big Station" in Mobile. His Market Manager, Angel Brown, tells Radio Ink EJ has transformed the sound of WBLX. "One of his greatest accomplishments is creating a culture with his team of inclusion. We all know, as leaders, difficulties come from leading veteran teams. His veterans, some who have been with WBLX for 20 years, have come to realize that EJ is a leader of vision, integrity, passion, and drive. Those reasons are why his veteran team follows him."

The ratings firm says allowing Bubba The Love Sponge's claim that Nielsen, Cox and Cox morning man Mike Calta conspired against him will not only delay the upcoming June trial against Bubba, but are also "based on fanciful conspiracy theories with no basis in fact."

It will be a temporary reduction in power on (translator) 93.5-FM so Emmis can work with the FCC "to eliminate potential interference issues." You've been reading about how Woof Boom Radio President J Chapman has a station that he says is being interfered with by this Emmis signal. This reduction is to help deal with that situation.

Westwood One News has re-signed some of CBS's biggest radio brands, such as WINS in New York, KYW in Philadelphia, and WBZ in Boston. The network has also added CBS's WWJ in Detroit. The news network now has more than 700 affiliates nationwide, and as of this week can also be heard on the SiriusXM POTUS and Progress channels.

The $11.2 million purchase of KFWB-AM in Los Angeles is now closed. Lotus Communications purchased the station from Universal Media Access KFWB-AM, LLC. The sale was announced on October 4, 2016. Earlier in 2016, after sitting in a trust since 2011, KFWB-AM was sold to Universal Media Access for $8 million. Eight months later the station was flipped for $11 million. Kalil & Company were the exclusive brokers on the Lotus purchase.

And comes in second on the Media Monitors weekly chart by airing 30,947 commercials on radio stations all across America last week. GEICO held on to the top spot with 46,644 spots. Lowes' big competitor, The Home Depot, was third with 28,683. Rounding out the top five were McDonald's with 26,100 and employment company Indeed with 25,733.

Nothing like a good auction to get the blood pumping and the dollars flowing. On Friday, March 3  WHCU (Ithaca, NY) Morning Newswatch host Lee Rayburn auctioned off a different restaurant and wine pairing every hour to listeners. The auction raised $5,030 in 12 hours (6 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

Our good friend Angie Balderas, SVP/Integrated Marketing Solutions at Entravision Sacramento, and her talented team put together this great video for Radio Ink's upcoming Hispanic Radio Conference. The conference is set for March 28 and 29 in Fort Lauderdale and feature's Commissioner Michael O'Rielly as one of our keynoters. Check out the video HERE.