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(By Ronald Robinson) Dr. Fritz Perls, acknowledged as the daddy of Gestalt Therapy, often used the analogy of “peeling the onion” as a description for identifying and examining the human psyche and behaviors. Many in the psychological community still accept this to be a useful approach, as the structure of an onion is that of multiple layers. And so…

The nation's most popular sport begins its regular season this week and as usual Westwood One will have all the action. It’s the company’s 30th year as the exclusive network radio partner for the NFL. A total of 104 games will be broadcast by 500 stations nationwide.

iIt's called The BIG Legend at 98.3, according to Senior VP of Programming for iHeart Nashville and iHeartCountry’s Brand Manager Rod Phillips and it kicked off Friday commercial free.

In our continuing series on how to make money selling digital, we head south to the sunshine state. Georgia Beasley was promoted to digital sales director for Beasley Media Group’s Southwest Florida market back in February. Her background and experience make her the perfect person to turn to on day three of our series.

AdWeek has the details about the continuing rise in popularity of Podcasting stating 21% of Americans age 12 or older say they have listened to a podcast in the past month, a 17 percent increase in the last year and a 75 percent increase since 2013.

And, as a result, the New York State Broadcasters Association has filed an amicus brief with the NY State Court of Appeals in the Flo and Eddie vs. Sirius XM case. NYSBA President David Donovan says, “There is no right to a performance fee for recorded music under New York State Law.”

Entravision recently teamed up with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals for its ninth annual radiothon, under the theme of “Un Million Para Los Niños” (One Million for the Children). The result was a record-breaking $3 million raised.

Cumulus' Albuquerque talker KKOB-AM is now broadcasting as a simulcast on 94.5 FM thanks to a new FM translator being purchased from a local owner. The translator on top of Sandia Mountain is equivalent to a 50,000-watt FM and reaches all of the Albuquerque metro area.

Our series of interviews on the topic of how to make money selling digital continues today with Angie May-Yarusso, SVP of Digital & Partnerships at Emmis Digital. Yarusso leads the Digital Initiative for all of Emmis' radio stations and Marketing Partnerships for Where Hip Hop Lives, Emmis’ Cross Platform Hip Hop Audience. She's the perfect mind to tap to get all the answers our readers have been asking with regard to monetizing digital.

On Wednesday, Nieslen sent clients a follow-up explanation regarding the ratings snafu in Los Angeles causing 35 homes to be removed from the August survey. "The investigation determined that an isolated personnel issue caused several households to be improperly brought online between January and July 2016. Additionally, the investigation confirmed that this issue was isolated to Los Angeles and that no media outlets were involved." Here's the full Nielsen statement...