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The NBA's Los Angeles Clippers and iHeartMedia have signed a new deal to bring the team over to AM 570 LA Sports/KLAC. The first game to be broadcast on the station will be Saturday night. The Clippers had been on KFWB-AM (980) since 2009 but have been looking for a new radio partner since the station changed to a foreign-language format last month. Clippers games will also be heard on The Patriot, KEIB AM 1150, when there are conflicts with Dodgers baseball.

WFLS has raised $136,089 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with a two-day radiothon. The station has raised $727,404 since 2011. The three-day fundraising event kicked off with the radiothon on March 10 and 11, and was hosted by Steve Waters and Jessica Cash from the 93.3 WFLS Morning Show.

After a five-day stunt, Hubbard has flipped it's "Modern Music" station (KLCK-FM) in Seattle to Rock and will feature artists such as AC/DC, Foo Fighters, Van Halen, Nirvana, and Guns ‘N Roses. Entercom has a Classic Rock (KISW) and Alternative Rocker (KNDD) in the market, and CBS also has a Classic Rocker (KZOK) in Seattle. Hubbard will kick off the new KVRQ-FM 98-9 with 12,000 songs in a row.

CBS Radio consists of 117 stations in 26 markets, including clusters in every one of the top 14 markets. BIA estimated CBS stations generated nearly $1.3 billion in 2014 and CBS Radio consistently has five of the top 10 billing radio stations in the country. They are iconic brands such as WCBS in New York, WBBM in Chicago, KYW in Philadelphia, KMOX in St. Louis, KDKA in Pittsburgh, the list goes on and on. Here's a complete listing of the stations many companies will be salivating to get a shot at purchasing...

In all likelihood radio's two biggest players will not be participating in what will probably be the sell-off of some of radio's best radio stations and brands. With debt and revenue issues facing iHeartMedia and Cumulus, most of the financial experts we spoke to Tuesday believe those two companies will not be involved in any CBS deals. And, as Media Services Group broker Bob Heymann tells Radio Ink, in all likelihood, it will not be one buyer, they will be sold as market clusters. So who are possible buyers? Let the speculation begin.

Broker Bob Heymann says we should keep an eye on Field. "Entercom is a very good candidate to pick off clusters." And Field has consistently said he would be open to looking at deals that made strategic sense to the company. Being bullied by the DOJ over the Lincoln Financial deal has probably worn off by now, and with only one station in Los Angeles Field might be thinking, KCBS, KNX, KROQ, and KRTH would look pretty cool emblazoned with an Entercom logo.

You might find this opinion a bit of a stretch. Boston Herald writer Rick Shaffer says CBS is selling its radio stations because the model of radio is broken and the Internet is taking over.

Time to register is winding down. Our registration's are up big-time for our 2016 Hispanic Radio Conference in Ft. Lauderdale. It's time to claim your seat. Here are 10 reasons you can't afford to miss the Hispanic Radio Conference, March 22 and 23...

It's been rumored for what seems like years and Tuesday CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves officially confirmed that the company is planning to sell the CBS Radio division. Moonves said the company will explore all alternatives including a sale, a spinoff or even a swap. The goal is to “unlock value for our shareholders.” Here's the statement sent out from CBS Radio headquarters about the plan to move the radio stations...

Media Service Group's Bill Whitley tells us Central Arkansas Radio Group is buying KLAZ-FM, KYRC-FM, KHRK-FM, and KBHS-AM in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The seller is Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation headed by William Nolan.