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It's certainly a complicated scenario the financial minds at iHeart have put together, but the goal is to try to put the company in a much better financial position moving forward. And if one scenario is approved, Clear Channel Outdoor will be separated from iHeartMedia.

At 4:30 this afternoon we'll hear from Cumulus CEO Mary Berner and her team as the company reports 4th quarter 2016 and full year earnings. Cumulus has been struggling through a turnaround and with trying to fix its balance sheet which includes about $2 Billion in debt. Berner has now been in charge of the company for 18 months.

National Public Radio says it now has 37.4 million listeners, which is their largest audience in history. NPR's Senior Vice President of News and Editorial Director Michael Oreskes says, “At a time when many news organizations have been forced to contract, NPR is expanding coverage and focusing resources on the local and national issues that listeners care about.

The company’s pair of Dallas radio stations (WBAP-AM and KLIF-AM) snared multiple awards in the 2016 Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Contest. And it was all achieved from a pool of 47 competing stations submitting 788 entries.

It’s never too early to start planning for the next great CRS. Country Radio Broadcasters is now accepting applications from interested parties wishing to be considered for the 2017-2018 Country Radio Seminar (CRS) Agenda Committee. The application deadline is March 31, 2017.

The company was already reeling in the Tampa market from the alleged Bubba The Love Sponge ratings tampering case, and now this WYUU-FM controversy is piled right on top of that. And from all the information we've been able to gather, Nielsen has not provided Beasley with a specific reason why a four-person PPM household in Tampa was kicked off the panel.

And speaking of Bubba, in a 26-page court filing, the ratings firm defends one of its expert witnesses, David Haas, by calling Bubba The Love Sponge's claim that Haas' testimony should be disqualified "a straw man argument." Bubba wants Haas' testimony excluded from his ratings tampering case because he's never worked in, nor does he have expertise in, the radio or measurement industries.

Greg Davis and his wife, Cheryl, started the Davis Broadcasting 30 years ago, with Greg as the CEO and GM and Cheryl as the operations manager. They are still running the company together today, along with their son Greg, Jr. and daughter Geniece Granville. Radio Ink was very honored to interview one of the nicest and most humble radio broadcasting families in America.

The Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, University of Tennessee Knoxville, and National Radio Talent System have announced May 15-24 as the dates for the inaugural TAB Radio Talent Institute. The Institute is 10 days and students will get insight from over 30 broadcasters with sessions that focus on every aspect of the business.

PNC Bank has awarded the grant to LPM (WUOL-FM Louisville). LPM says the funds will help WUOL broaden its presence across a variety of digital platforms, building more original programming to serve diverse audiences, engage with the community, and expand educational programs to better engage Louisville youth.