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That's pretty much the response FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly received from the RIAA about Payola. The Commissioner told his 11,700 Twitter followers he's not giving up.

New research from Coleman Insights reveals that TED Talks Daily has the highest Aided Awareness of the 20 most-listened-to podcasts as ranked by Podtrac in March 2019. And yet only 43% of monthly podcast listeners are familiar with the TED Talks Daily podcast.

Twelve members of the House and one Senator have added their support to a resolution opposing "any new performance fee or tax on local. The Local Radio Freedom Act now has 124 cosponsors in the House and 15 in the Senate.

Cumulus Market Manager Doug Harvill tells The San Francisco Chronicle he relishes in the challenge of going from a championship team (he worked for CBS Radio in San Francisco for 12 years before the Entercom merger) to a rebuild.

The interest in purchasing FM translators continue to be high and they are selling for big money. Broker Dick Kozako tells Radio Ink that W288CS (105.5mhz) in Rochester is being purchased for $650,000 by Blue Light Communications in New York City. The sellers are Russell Kimble and Patricia Anderson

Radio ABC Radio has announced a series of programs – both long-form and short-form – looking back at the major stories and events of 2016. Here’s the full list...

Rock programming veteran Jacent Jackson is the new PD for San Francisco Rock station KFOG 104.5FM and 97.7FM. Jackson was previously Program Director for KITS-FM in San Francisco.

Country station WIWF-FM/Charleston, SC, launched Wednesday as The All-New 96.9 The Wolf, Charleston’s Classic Hits station. 

Three new podcasts have been added to the sports betting podcasts offered by VSiN. The addition of the program brings the Sports Betting Network's podcast catalog to more than 15 programs.

It will be interesting to see whose side the FCC takes when it makes a final decision on ownership caps during its Quadrennial Review process. The radio industry is divided, and radio's biggest company is sitting across the table staring down the NAB.