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There had been some speculation that Pandora's new streaming service would be available any day, however, CEO Tim Westergren said the new service would be launched "by the end of the year."

That's according to research from eMarketer, which reports that by the end of 2016, US digital ad spending will hit $72 billion, passing TV at $71.29 billion

According to the NAB, broadcasters will undertake a national effort to address heroin and prescription drug abuse that's impacting communities across America.

Mainstream media outlets are even covering it. Typically when a streaker or crazy fan runs out on to a field of play, the announcers and the cameras ignore the person. The last thing anyone wants to do is encourage these people to get their 15 minutes of fame by disrupting a nationally broadcast sporting event. We spoke to Westwood One's Monday Night Football announcer Kevin Harlan about why he made that hilarious call.

The 85 major markets Media Monitors tracks shows Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson with a commanding lead in radio ads. His campaign purchased 17,499 spots last week.

And that new prediction is up, based on stronger-than-expected growth in the U.S. The new Zenith forecast for U.S. adspend is 4.4% this year, compared to its previous forecast of 3.8%.

The original FCC fine against FoxFur was $20,000, and it was due to violating the FCC's ownership limit in Syracuse.

On August 8, 2014, Hubbard brought John Gallagher in to run the company's Chicago cluster. On Monday he was let go. Hubbard Radio President/COO Drew Horowitz told Radio Ink, "We felt we needed to go in a different leadership direction."

The 7th-, 8th-, and 9th-place advertisers on the Media Monitors list two weeks ago, became the 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-biggest advertisers on radio last week.

Hubbard's WTMX-FM in Chicago is celebrating its 17th year of raising money for the children and families at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. The station raises money for the hospital all week during a radiothon.