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Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker has been a big fan of Entercom for quite some time. The company's 5% second-quarter revenue growth did not change that. In fact, it only solidified her feelings about the company.

(By Walter Sabo) You and the RAB have actually done an excellent job of maintaining the desirability of radio as an ad medium. The challenge, at street level, is making radio easy to buy. Let me share a unique perspective.

NextRadio has launched a new blog series, and in that first blog, NextRadio unveils new data with the help of Edison Research. It was an online survey of 2,094 adult smartphone users who were asked specifically about radio.

...there's still a lot of room to grow. According to a Strata survey reported on eMarketer, TV or spot cable is where over 50% of agencies prefer to advertise.

Time Warner Cable SportsNet and ESPN Radio Los Angeles 710AM (ESPNLA 710) have reached a multi-year programming agreement to simulcast the Thompson & Trudell show and Mason & Ireland show.

CEO David Field told investors and analysts Wednesday that he was not given the opportunity to get a look at the Greater Media assets before they were sold to Beasley Media Group, adding, "It looked like a great deal for Beasley."

Those were the words of David Field, Wednesday, after taking a question about the announced Shazam ratings service. Entercom and three other companies announced they were launching a new app-based ratings service with Shazam, although the details about the service were minimal, and when it will be ready is unknown.

The nice comments (and a few not so nice) from industry veterans about former RBR/TVBR Publisher Jim Carnegie are piling up following the announcement of his death, and Eric Rhoads' editorial about his friendship with Carnegie. We heard from Walter Sabo, Joe Bilotta, Katy Bachman, Dick Taylor, and Barry O'Brien, just to name a few. In cased you missed it yesterday, here's the link to the editorial and the comments.

The 2016 NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show will be hosted by WCBS-FM morning man Scott Shannon.

When consumers listen to local radio, the DJ's will tell them when a band or artist, in the format they're enjoying, come to town for a contest. Now, when you give an artist a thumbs up in Pandora, you'll get a notification when that artist is making a stop near your town. And one tap will send you to the ticket purchase page. Pandora purchased Ticketfly last year for $450 million.