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iHeartMedia's Thea Mitchem is kicking you-know-what and taking names in a world dominated by men: programming radio stations. Mitchem is iHeart's Executive Vice President of Programming for the Northeast Division, and Program Director for the influential Power 105.1 in New York City. She's been in radio for 21 years, programming for 15. Mitchem will appear on Radio Ink's 2016 Best Program Directors in America list, which comes out on May 9.

The NFL's Oakland Raiders and Entercom's 95.7 The GAME (KGMZ-FM) have jointly announced that the station will continue as flagship station for the team in San Francisco. The GAME first partnered with the Raiders in 2013. The agreement was negotiated in cooperation with Compass Media Networks.

35-year old Joseph Gerard Spooner, also known as "J.G. Spooner" was arrested Tuesday after allegedly funneling $7,000 in donations made to a GoFundMe campaign that was started for a woman suffering from cystic fibrosis. Spooner was fired by CBS Radio's 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland earlier this week, according to Cleveland.com.

Hiram Lazar is the new CFO for Compass Media Networks. Lazar has held senior positions at Dial Global and Westwood One, and served as CFO for Monroe College.

The deal is for three more NFL seasons on Q100.3 after Blarney Stone Broadcasting signed a new affiliate agreement with the team's flagship station, Cumulus' WJR-AM. Blarney Stone is co-owned by Sheryl and Jerry Coyne. Rock station WQON-FM is located in Grayling, MI.

Have you read any of our Telecom 20 special features yet? The debate rages on about what that law did for - or to - radio. We spoke to Steve Hicks, Mark Mays and Reed Hundt about the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Read all of those interviews HERE

Sony Music alleges it was defrauded of millions of dollars when Rdio, the streaming service backed by former Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey, sold to Pandora then filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

That's according to a study of 500 people between the ages of 17 and 59 done by Kelly Music Research. The company says fewer than 8% of the respondents they surveyed were using the paid versions of Pandora, Spotify, or SoundCloud, and advertiser-supported free is still preferred among those who have embraced streaming. And, according to the research, if free were no longer an option, few said they would ante up.

This one belongs to Altitude, which is owned by Stan Kroenke (pictured). Kroenke owns four stations in Denver along with the Denver Nuggets, the LA Rams, and the Pepsi Center.