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S&P Global Market Intelligence senior research analyst Justin Nielsen says based on a 7x or 8x cash flow multiple, a sale of the CBS station's could yield $2.8 billion to $3.2 billion. The problem with that scenario is what one group head told us last week.

Pacific Media Group's Charly Espina Takahama says she'll be retiring May 28th. She been in radio for nearly 5 decades.

WECK (AM 1230 & FM 102.9) in Buffalo has hired Buffalo broadcasting veteran Joe Chille to host afternoons. For more than 30 years, Chille hosted mornings at Buffalo’s 96.1 WJYE (now WMSX) and served as operations manager for JOY and its sister stations WBLK, Jack-FM and WYRK, until 2012.

The NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder have renewed their partnership in a multi-year agreement that will keep WWLS-FM (The Sports Animal) as the official radio broadcast home of the Thunder Radio Network.

(By Loyd Ford) Powerful shifts are happening in listener behavior. How could that not be true with the once-in-a-lifetime shift in what people are doing right now? 

Raleigh, NC’s 99.9 The Fan is bringing back former East Carolina head football coach Steve Logan, who recently returned from a year in the NFL as Quarterbacks Coach for the San Francisco 49’ers. He’ll assume the role of NFL and College Football Insider for the 2016-17 season. Logan worked in a similar capacity with Capitol Broadcasting from 2013-2015.

Entercom Upstate, which launched 96.3 The Block last October, is expanding its coverage to Spartanburg and can now also be heard on 104.5 FM. The Block features Steve Harvey in the Morning and a Hip Hop/R&B format. The station also features a late-night radio show promoting local artists.

MagellanAI says BetterHelp spread around over $8 million on 814 shows with the comedy genre receiving the bulk of the money. Amazon was heard on the most shows, over 1400. Here are MazgellanAI's top 10 advertisers for the money of November...

iHeartRadio’s Living Black! will spotlight the power of Black culture throughout February and include a special radio event. The special event is set for February 20 on IHM Hip-Hop, Gospel and R&B stations, YouTube and Facebook.

Lon Helton, who will be receiving his fourth ACM “National On-Air Personality” award at the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas this weekend, will also be celebrating his silver anniversary with Country Countdown USA. The show launched over the weekend of April 4-5, 1992.