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FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai has commented on FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler's proposal to keep the Commission's media ownership rules status quo. Pai says The FCC’s rules should reflect the media marketplace of today. "Unfortunately, Chairman Wheeler’s media ownership proposal reflects the world that existed in the 1970s." Here's more from Pai...

The Boston talker got in on the new normal in politics these days, mocking the opposition. Carr used the “war whoop” gesture to make fun of Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a rally in Maine, Wednesday.

They gave it a three-year run but Greater Media could not win the battle of sports talkers in Detroit with "Detroit Sports 105.1." CBS' 97.1. The Ticket, which went on the air in 2007, is the dominant sports station in the Detroit market, consistently number one in the 25-54 demo.

Forbes has the details about how Subaru has installed censors to control certain programming on Sirius Satellite Radio. Subaru spokesperson Michael McHale confirmed to Forbes that if the owner of a 2015 Legacy or Outback is listening to “mature” content, such as Howard Stern, that car will automatically switch to channel 001 when the car is turned off. This is to guard the next person who gets in the car from hearing anything offensive. The company also confirms that this feature is not customizable by the user.

That's because as of tomorrow all the content heard on the ESPN Radio app will be transferred over to the ESPN app. The company is condensing all its content onto one app.

Early Thursday morning we heard from CBS Market Manager Steve Salhany confirmed to Radio Ink that Craig is off the air until Tuesday. The bad press has been mounting against Craig in Hartford after he posted this video to Social Media at a Latino Festival in that city.

The two-day interactive event, produced by The Mix Group and ReelWorld, by imagers, for imagers, takes place Sept. 28-29 in Miami. Here's the lineup of speakers and sessions just announced...

As part of the 8K filing, it was revealed that, on June 22, the iHeartMedia debt holders offered an interest rate cut of "To Be Determined" and extend the maturity by a year to 2020. They also wanted to be assured their investments would be paid back if iHeartMedia failed to pay some of its unsecured bonds, including those due in 2018. On Monday, iHeart sent debt holders a counter. The company wanted the interest rate cut by 75 basis points and a one year extension.

In an 8K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday, iHeartMedia said there is a "significant gap" in the negotiations between the company and debt holders, including those debt holders iHeart recently won a court case against, in finding alternatives to iHeart's existing senior secured debt and that iHeart is now "assessing whether it will continue discussions."

Dominic Salvia co-hosts a show called Devil's Advocate, with Mike Crute in iHeart's The Mic (92.1) in Madison, WI. JSonline has the details about the $75,000 taxpayers will have to fork over to the host after his arrest three years ago. Salvia's settlement with Attorney General Brad Schimel and Gov. Scott Walker was reached after the host accused the government of violating his free speech.