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(By Bob McCurdy) Getting through to the decision-maker is simply everything. The challenge is that these individuals are sometimes difficult to identify and, once identified, are difficult to pin down.

(Jeff McHugh) Every on-air talent and every manager has a personal vision for their programming. But when you learn that your audience has a totally different preference, what will you compromise?

(Jon Quick for Radio Ink) In a newly released memoir, Permanently Suspended: The Rise and Fall... and Rise Again of Radio's Most Notorious Shock Jock, Anthony Cumia tells all about his storied and tumultuous radio career.

The Mets are moving games from iHeart's WOR-AM to Entercom's WCBS-AM next season and Josh Lewin will not be part of that move. For the past six years Lewin has called the games with Howie Rose. Rose is moving to CBS.

The local ABC affiliate is reporting that charges have been dropped against former WGOW host Jeffrey Styles. Back in June, Styles was accused of wielding a tomahawk at a driver during a road rage incident. He was shot in the arm by the driver. Cumulus fired Styles in August.

James Lyke has joined AIRE Radio Networks as Senior Vice President of Network Sales and Jason Corelli has been named Vice President of Network Sales.

Ben Hoffman is the new Senior Vice President and Market Manager for Entercom Indianapolis, overseeing 107.9 The Mix (WNTR-FM), 99.5 ZPL (WZPL-FM), and CBS Sports 1430 AM (WXNT-AM).

The big word for podcasting is definitely “growth” -- "explosive growth" might be more apt. And ESPN Podcasts is certainly on that ride. For the second straight month and third time in 2018, ESPN Podcasts set a record for any month in its history with 43.6 million IAB compliant downloads in October, as measured by RawVoice.

Popular Hip-Hop/R&B morning show The Breakfast Club raised over $200,000 to benefit PROJECT 375 — an organization whose mission is to raise awareness of mental health, ending the stigma, and raising funds for treatment — with their second annual #Change4Change radiothon.

As part of its bankruptcy proceeding, iHeartmedia filed a monthly operating report which showed the company revenue was $329.5 million for September. In August revenue was $299.4 million and in July it was $281.1 million.