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The presumptive Republican nominee for President, Donald Trump reached out to WTMJ Milwaukee host Charlie Sykes last week in an attempt to move him into his camp and gain his vote. Sykes was an early member of the #NeverTrump campaign.

That's exactly what former Clear Channel employee Andy Kovacs is attempting to do in Tampa. Kovacs tells The Tampa Bay Times that he wants to take radio back to its roots. Kovacs is running Low Power Radio Station WYPW-FM 99.9, or Power 100, which covers only 14 miles.

John Mercure is the host of WTMJ's "Wisconsin's Afternoon News." Mercure was a big part of the station's recent Stars and Stripes Honor Flight which flew 140 Wisconsin veterans to DC to honor their service to America. To show their support for the military men and women that served this country, WTMJ listeners donated $250,000 to make two flights possible. We asked Mercure to tell us why he spearheads this event.

The Chicago Business Journal published a profile piece on CBS Chicago Market Manager Tim Pohlman, who replaced Rod Zimmerman in January. The reason CBS Radio moved Pohlman from Phoenix to Chicago was because the revenue wasn't where the company wanted it to be, according to the Journal. Pohlman had good news for reporter Lewis Lazare, "I made my first-quarter numbers." He also said the most probable timeframe for a spinoff of CBS's radio division is early in 2017.

PRX stands for Public Radio Exchange. It's an online marketplace for distribution, review, and licensing of public radio programming. Over the past year, PRX has been working on a project it says will reimagine the way listeners spend their time with audio content.

eMarketer reports the US media and entertainment industries will spend a combined $7.34 billion on paid online and mobile media advertising this year. The firm is projecting that number to balloon to $11.52 billion in four years. The media category is expected to spend $4 billion in 2016, up from $3.45 billion in 2015. And entertainment advertisers will spend $3.29 billion on digital ads in 2016.

The former Lincoln Financial CEO will receive the NAB's National Radio Award during the Radio Luncheon, Wednesday, September 21 at the Radio Show in Nashville. Benson was Lincoln's CEO from 2008-2015. In 2014, he was named Radio Ink's Executive of The Year.

The Miami Dolphins and Miami's Sportsradio 560 WQAM have entered into a long-term partnership with the station becoming the official flagship radio partner of the franchise. The Dolphins were being broadcast on two iHeart stations, WINZ-AM and Rocker WBGG. Previously, the Dolphins were broadcast on WQAM, from 1997-2004 and 2007-09. In addition, all Dolphins games will be simulcast on CBS's Country station in the market, Kiss 99.9.