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54-year old Arthur Williamson has been charged with 1st degree premeditated murder, felony murder, two counts of assault with the intent to murder and three counts of unlawful imprisonment as police try to sort out the details behind the killing of WWJ-AM Detroit anchor Jim Mathews.

94.7 WCSX FM has raised $150,000 to benefit Detroit Veterans. Big Jim's House Stone Soup Project once again used donations, including the actual vehicle, to build a 1974 Ford Bronco that went to the holder of a winning raffle ticket.

WJBR-FM’s 'Help Our Kids’ Radiothon raised $332,648 to benefit Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware. The 12th annual event benefits the hospital's Child Life Programs.

94.9 KCMO-FM Kansas City has been named Station of the Year at the annual KC Media Mix Awards. Also honored was 94.9 KCMO Morning Host Kelly Urich, who received the KC Media Mix Award for Personality of the Year, and Cumulus Kansas City’s Teresa Stanton received the KC Media Mix Award for Account Executive of the Year.

The ‘ABC News Live Prime’ and ‘World News Tonight - Sunday’ Anchor Linsey Davis takes over evening drive on ABC Audio. She will anchor the radio newscasts, Monday - Thursday.

iHeart has flipped a Tucson 'Hot AC" station to 'Latino Hits'. KMMA-FM has been rebranded to "MEGA 97.1."

After two days and dozens of legendary performances, the twelfth annual iHeartRadio Music Festival hosted by Ryan Seacrest has been dubbed a success. The iconic weekend-long concert event included the biggest names in music across all genres on the main stage at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and also featured celebrity appearances on September 23 and September 24.

Progressive managed to hold on to the top spot on the Media Monitors list, after climbing back to number one a week ago. Indeed pulled back into the number two slot after being bounced from the top last week.

Roy Williams was the keynote speaker Friday at the Radio Ink Radio Masters Sales Summit. He told the crowd that one of radio's biggest problems is that month-to-month cycle where sellers are always working to make the next month's budget, trying to keep their heads above water.

The NAB has filed an ex parte with the FCC regarding a proposed rulemaking that would enable GeoBroadcast Solutions to license its booster technology to FM stations. The NAB raised concerns with the proposal's merits in the context of accusations regarding alleged questionable business dealings of GBS CEO Chris Devine.