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After a few days of stories about the number of panelists in a household, Mark Ramsey's recent blog calling on radio stations to bail on the ratings firm, and the question many managers are pondering about just how many panelists is too many, we wanted to make sure to get Nielsen's take on the situation. We received the following statement from the company on Tuesday.

The NAB fills us in on the details about the six members of Congress who agree with the recent DOJ decision not to alter the consent decrees for ASCAP and BMI.

Conservative radio host Jason Lewis won the Republican nomination for a U.S. House seat in southeast Minnesota Tuesday. He was endorsed by the Republican party, won a four-way race for the nomination and will square off against Democrat Angie Craig. They are hoping to replace Rep. John Kline who served seven terms.

Adams Radio Group is putting an oldies format on KWML AM 570 and FM translator (104.5) in Las Cruces. And here's why Adams decided to go back in time...

Andy Bloom's article about Howard Stern Monday quickly became one of Radio Ink's most read stories of the year. That may have been because Stern mentioned it on his SiriusXM show Monday, according to one of our readers (see below), or the fact that any time Howard Stern is the subject of an article, everyone wants to know what it's about. So, in case you missed it, here's another look at Bloom's detailed article about his old friend.

For the RAB, it had to be a monumental task organizing these revenue reports, not only compiling the revenue data from radio companies, but adding the detail from radio's largest advertising categories. The RAB will continue to focus on providing members with that detailed advertiser information moving forward. But what about the numbers?

It wasn't overwhelming, but at least radio did get a little love last week. According to Media Monitors, in the last ten days, all the Presidential radio spots run were either for Donald Trump or Against Hillary Clinton

The Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame has chosen Radio One Founder as a 2016 Hall of Fame Inductee and the sole recipient of its Music Living Legends Award.

Community Broadcasters is putting a new CHR format on a translator at 107.1 in Olean, New York. The station, WHDL, will also be heard on 1450-AM after the company decided to dump out of ESPN and simulcast the music station.

Over 8,000 listeners turned out to help Cox Media Group's Classic Hits 97.1 The River (WSRV-FM) in Atlanta celebrate its tenth anniversary this past weekend.