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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.

Senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal have written a letter to the FCC calling on the government agency to look at potential privacy and security hazards posed by the growing use of new technology that allows cars to communicate with each other. MediaPost has the details about the letter. One of the issues concerning the Senators is a potential privacy issue that would allow businesses to target ads to a consumers vehicle.

And now Caroline Beasley is making big deals in the radio industry. The Naples Daily News does a nice profile piece on Beasley and her rise to the top of the company, where she is now acting CEO as her father, George Beasley, recovers from surgery.

The recent decision by the DOJ not to modify the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees has now lead to threatened lawsuits and congressional action. The big question now is what this all means to managers at radio stations around the country. And to get the perfect answer we turn to broadcast attorney John Garziglia.

(by Bob McCurdy) In the past I've written about dealing with many of the largest and most sophisticated marketers and agencies in the country, but over the past several years I've re-discovered that dealing with the local business owner is equally rewarding and in some ways, even more challenging. Here's why...

Two local guys in Columbia, SC, both with more than 20 years of radio industry experience, have partnered to purchase country radio station WWNQ 94.3 The Dude. Kirk Litton and Keith Stover of Midlands Media Group and have purchased WWNQ. The format will remain Country.

This is a follow-up to a story we reported on Friday. John Mason and Angie Starr, hosts at Radio One's 105.9 in Detroit, were ordered to jail last week for not paying back over $4,000 they borrowed for a 2008 party they threw on New Year's Eve. Mason told WDIV-TV they avoided jail time by paying the money back last week. He said both he and Starr had been making payments through wage garnishment.

Undeniable with Joe Buck is back for a second season beginning August 11. The show features Buck in a series of one-hour interviews with sports stars. The series is produced for radio by AT&T/DIRECTV and Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Television.