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A Nielsen spokesperson tells Radio Ink this latest issue with meters was "an isolated personnel issue. There is no indication that this involved any media entities." Monday afternoon, Nielsen informed radio subscribers that there were "irregular compliance patterns" in PPM homes in Los Angeles. Here are the details...

The pharmacy chain jumped into the second spot (up from ninth) by airing just over 40,000 commercials on radio stations all across the country last week, according to Media Monitors.

According to Media Monitors, with the leadership shift at the Trump campaign, the Republican candidate is starting to spend money on radio.

Advertising management software company WideOrbit announced Monday that Townsquare will now use WideOrbit’s WO Traffic platform at all 310 of its radio stations. Townsquare becomes WideOrbit’s largest-ever deployment of its traffic platform at a single radio station group.

(By Ronald Robinson) Apparently, the reach/frequency discussions have not stopped. Those having them, however, have been over-medicated and put to bed with the resultant hallucinations of fruit, candy, and cash that are part of the experience.

Cleans up awards, that is. Thirteen, in fact, from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters, including three 1st Place awards, four 2nd Place awards, and six Honorable Mentions. See the full listing...

Jeff Warshaw's Connoisseur Media has sold a package of towers in Long Island, Norwalk, CT., Erie, Pa. and Billings, Montana, to CTI Towers. Here's why this deal is unique.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Pandora has an eye on next month to start its new streaming service. It will include the free service now offered to users and two new monthly subscription options.

Adams Radio Group and Bravo Mic Communications have chosen Eastlan for the Las Cruces NM market. Adams Radio CEO Ron Stone said “We believe we will see more consistency from book to book versus what has been very unstable ratings in Las Cruces with the old service."

(by Bob McCurdy) We met with the President of a tier 2 auto association this week. Our goal for this first meeting was simple, to get an audience with the entire dealership group to present a “why Radio” rationale.