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Cumulus has extended the early tender date of the private exchange offer for its 7.75% senior notes due 2019 by two weeks.

(By Roy Williams) I’m betting you’re successful. You’re talented — gifted, in fact — an overachiever. But the odds are 7 in 10 that it’s difficult for you to believe these compliments. I say this because 70 percent of our population suffers from Impostor Syndrome.

Out this week, the newest print issue of Radio Ink magazine. ESPN's Dan Le Batard and Stugotz are on the cover with an amazing story about how their show became one of ESPN's most popular. In addition, our annual list of Top Local Sports Talkers in America is in this issue along with a ton of content to make you a stronger leader, manager, and seller in 2017. Subscribe to our digital version for only $49 per year HERE.

Christmas was a lot more joyful for many Salina, KS, kids thanks to KSAL-AM and Y93.7. The Alpha Media stations collected hundreds of toys through on-air donations, and several community toy drives at Target, November 28 through December 13, to benefit the Saint Francis Community Services “Christmas for Kids” campaign.

(By Bob McCurdy) Lately there’s been a lot written about “fake news” on the Internet, with Facebook mounting an aggressive effort to address it. Similarly, there’s a lot of fake news and erroneous perceptions surrounding AM/FM that we must also address. We need to look no further than the Q3 2016 Cumulus/Westwood One/Edison Share of Ear study to confirm some of these misperceptions.

Gearing up for his annual visit to CES in Las Vegas, Beasley Media Group Vice President of Programming Buzz Knight recently interviewed Jim Barry, media spokesperson for the Consumer Technology Association. Another year of fascinating technology is up ahead and here's what Barry expects to be hot in tech in 2017.

Twenty-seven-year-old Kevin Ozoria was originally charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and tampering with physical evidence. He was suspected of driving the vehicle that killed SBS New York Jean Paul Guerrero, also known as DJ Jinx Paul on La Mega 97.9. Ozorio turned himself in this past Friday. Police later dropped charges against Ozoria, after it was decided there was no evidence that Ozoria was actually behind the wheel during the crash

After dumping Bubba The Love Sponge in Tampa, Beasley's former "No Rules Rock" website is now being branded "Donald 98.7 FM." The station is also running promos promising to "Make Radio great Again." For now the station appears to be playing all music about money.

Joey Boots, a frequent caller to Howard Stern's radio show, died at the age of 49 over the holidays. No cause of death was immediately released. Boots, whose real name was Joseph Bassolino, was found unconscious and unresponsive with no apparent trauma. Boots popularized "Baba Booey" by shouting it behind reporters during live news broadcasts in New York City.

Radio Music License Committee Chairman Ed Christian has written a letter to radio stations about a deal the RMLC has put together with Irving Azoff's Global Music Rights organization. In November, the RMLC filed an antitrust complaint against GMR for what it called anticompetitive behavior. GMR then filed its own lawsuit against the radio industry, calling it a “cartel” and alleging that more than 10,000 U.S. radio stations wrongfully colluded to underpay songwriters to play songs on the radio.