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That was partly due to two fewer selling days for radio's biggest ad category. GM, Ford and other manufacturers reported lower U.S. vehicle sales for May due to sluggish demand for sedans and those two fewer selling days. General Motors' sales fell 18 percent, Ford was down 6 percent and Toyota's sales dropped 10 percent compared to 2015. Volkswagen's sales were down 17 percent. Fiat Chrysler and Subaru saw slight increases. Hyundai's sales jumped 12 percent.

The company, owned by Duke Wright, purchased WNFN-FM in Millersville, Tennessee, from Joule Broadcasting for $3.75 million. Midwest now has three FMs in the Nashville area. Millersville is just north of the city. Eddie Esserman of Media Services Group was the exclusive broker on this deal.

And you can watch the event via Livestrem HERE beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern. The event begins with an introduction from Ramsey. His first guest is Lizzie Widhelm from Pandora at 1:20. The event runs for two days.

AdLarge Media has announced a digital ad sales agreement streaming content partner, idobi Network. idobi focuses on new music and artists in alternative, metal, and punk rock, such as Patrick Langlois, Darrin Pfeiffer, Mike Herrera, Mike Gunz, and Sébastien Lefebvre.

Glenn Beck's interview with fiction writer Brad Thor (pictured) about Donald Trump has lead to the conservative talker having his show pulled, at least temporarily, from SiriusXM's Patriot Channel.

Syndicted radio host Glenn Beck was splashed all over the national news Tuesday after SiriusXM suspended his show for the rest of the week. With Beck on vacation, the show's GM Dom Theodore issued a statement on his behalf. Theodore says Beck will be back on SiriusXM Monday morning when he'll address the issue. He also says Beck has never advocated violence and this entire incident is a "viral hatchet job." Premiere has no plans to suspend Beck from his radio show. Here's more from Theodore...

After an ugly breakup with the old Cumulus regime, the Paul Finebaum Show launched on ESPN Radio August 12, 2013. Beginning August 12 of this year, ESPN Radio will syndicate the show, making it available to radio stations all over the country.

As many recent studies have indicated, podcast listening is on the rise. However, according to new research from Bridge Ratings President Dave Van Dyke, advertisers, even though they are spending more money on podcasts, want to see better measurement.

Of course the Home Depot was radio's number one advertiser, according to the latest Media Monitors chart. The home improvement big box aired over 62,000 commercials on radio stations all across the country. Macy's moved up from 15th to 2nd, airing 34,624 commercials. Rounding out the top five were GEICO with 34,525 spots, the United States Department of Transportation with 32,992, and Lowe's moving into the top five from 11th with 30,635.