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More than 325 broadcasters attended The Broadcasters of America 2016 Golden Mike Award dinner honoring iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman this week. The event, held at The Plaza Hotel in New York City, was hosted by Elvis Duran and took in over $400,000 for the Broadcasters Foundation.

Miami is one of the Hispanic format's hottest cities and Univision is making some adjustments to WQBA-AM in that city. “LA Voz de Miami” (Miami’s Voice), formerly Univision America Miami, now features local news, analyses, political commentary, and entertainment. Here is a look at the station's brand new lineup...

The FCC's plan to revitalize the AM band is a very hot topic in our industry right now. And the part of the plan that will impact the big booming AMs heard all across the country, has generated an interesting debate, often between those owning or operating AM radio stations. Our coverage of the topic yesterday generated a ton of feedback, including this very detailed piece by Doc Searls (pictured here).

That's according to the latest update from Media Monitors, on which candidates are using radio more to try to win the White House. First, the Democrats. As far as spot totals, a combination of all ads run by campaigns and Super PACs: Hillary Clinton is tops. Picture courtesy CNN.com

After five weeks at number one on the Media Monitors weekly spot list, Walgreens has dropped down to number eight. GEICO retakes the top spot, moving up from number two, with its 40,262 commercials played on radio stations all over the country.

Five members of the House and two more Senators have joined as co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act, which is a resolution opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The resolution now has 225 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives and 23 in the Senate.

At the Hispanic Radio Conference, programming experts will address the topic of "Radio’s Talent Pool: How Deep — Or How Shallow — Are the Waters?" and show you how to find and develop tomorrow’s key players for the ratings and revenue win.

Greely, Colorado NPR-affiliate KUNC has launched a new 24-hour music discovery station called "The Colorado Sound" on 105.5 FM. KUNC has been LMAing the station since January 4 and should be getting final FCC approval to purchase it in the next month.

The Board of Directors of the Media Rating Council has voted to continue accreditation of the Media Monitors radio spot data service.