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Nielsen says radio listeners love baseball. Nielsen’s PPM ratings for April confirm a seasonal increase in listening to sports radio stations when the major league season gets underway.

Lotus Communications is one of the few radio broadcasting companies that owns radio stations with Spanish-language and English-language programming. How is the company capitalizing on this? And, is there one thing that's particularly important when inking that contract with a client? Company President Jim Kalmenson shares all in this latest Hispanic Radio Podcast.

NCAA basketball coaching came together May 20-22 for the American Cancer Society’s 11th Annual Coaches vs. Cancer Las Vegas Golf Classic. The event raised a total of over $1 million. FOX Sports Radio covered the event.

(By Robert Lee)“Elections have consequences,” and, “Someone moved the goalposts.” In reading the objections by a couple of LPFM advocacy groups about the recent deluge of FM translators-for-AM stations applications, I see two things going on: politics, first; and, second, misguided policy by a government agency, the FCC.

Our good friend and programming consultant Gary Berkowitz recently purchased a new car. In the dashboard of Gary's shiny new GM vehicle was an HD radio. Here's what happened when the salesperson got around to explaining what HD radio was to her new customer. And you can bet this doesn't happen when the salesperson gets around to discussing -- or turning on -- SiriusXM.

(By Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti) Last week, Radio Ink ran a series of interviews with radio group owners focusing on deregulation; specifically, what they would like to see the FCC consider when it reviews the ownership caps later this year. As we found out in that series, many of Radio Ink's rank-and-file readers believe lifting current ownership caps will simply give more stations to the bigger groups and nothing will really change.

Spanish Broadcasting System has appointed David Bailin VP of National and Network Sales. Most recently, Bailin was Senior VP of National Sales for Entravision, where he oversaw network and national spot duties in the New York office.

Thirty-year Chicago radio sales executive Jeff Hill has been appointed VP Sales for Cumulus Media-Chicago. Hill will head sales for Alternative Rock station 101 WKQX-FM, Classic Hits station  94.7 WLS-FM, and Talk Radio station WLS 890 AM.

Nick Wize has been named APD for KRQQ, KOHT, and KMIY effective June 11. He will also take over afternoon drive on KRQQ. Wize was mostly recently with iHeart Detroit, where his roles included APD and on-air talent for WKQI.

Local Media San Diego has re-signed XHTZ and XHRM Program Director and afternoon personality R Dub! to a new, multi-year deal. R Dub! joined the stations in April of 2011.