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Randy Falco circulated a statement to the press on Friday expressing his concern about the events taking place around the country. Falco said there is too much hate being spread in communities all across the country. "Sadly, these events did not happen in a bubble but are endemic of a broader disease of anti-immigrant, racist, homophobic, and religious intolerance that is spreading and threatening to divide our country." Here's more from Falco's statement...

Hartford, CT radio station WDRC is celebrating 100 years. The station, that bills itself as Connecticut's first radio station, is planning a special celebration Saturday September 17.

Good Karma Brands Chicago is celebrating 25 years of ESPN 1000 (WMVP-AM) this Friday with a huge on-air bash. Chicago celebs and sports royalty will join some of the biggest broadcasters from the station's history for the live broadcast.

The five-time Super Bowl champion New England Patriots and CBS Radio have agreed to a multi-year contract extension to keep Patriots games on Boston’s WBZ-FM, 98.5 “The Sports Hub.” The partnership began in 1994. Bob Socci and Scott Zolak will continue as play-by-play host and color analyst, respectively.

(By Deborah Parenti) With artificial intelligence remaining media's most debated topic, I was reminded of the conundrum posed by AI in terms of the potential loss of human jobs while grocery shopping.

And speaking of Bubba, in a 26-page court filing, the ratings firm defends one of its expert witnesses, David Haas, by calling Bubba The Love Sponge's claim that Haas' testimony should be disqualified "a straw man argument." Bubba wants Haas' testimony excluded from his ratings tampering case because he's never worked in, nor does he have expertise in, the radio or measurement industries.

AdWeek has the details about the continuing rise in popularity of Podcasting stating 21% of Americans age 12 or older say they have listened to a podcast in the past month, a 17 percent increase in the last year and a 75 percent increase since 2013.

It's the most listened-to Spanish-language format in America, and according to the Nielsen study just released, it continues to gain in popularity. Mexican Regional's January results were the best in several years, with general-market shares climbing between 14% and 15% from the holiday period to January across the board.

After suddenly leaving WCCO-AM, we now know the "super non-traditional" broadcast approach that the Minnesota Timberwolves hinted at when they ended their Audacy relationship. iHeartMedia Minneapolis has secured an exclusive multi-year partnership.

Represented in the Radionomy Group of companies are Radionomy, SHOUTcast, TargetSpot, Hotmixradio, and Winamp.