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WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station, has installed a new antenna, which it says will expand its radio reach by 400,000 listeners across eastern and central Mass. The station increased the height of its antenna by 175 feet – the equivalent of almost 16 stories – by relocating its primary 90.9 FM antenna from a tower in Newton, to a taller tower in the neighboring town of Needham.

Big Jim's House Morning Show wants to help veterans get jobs through the 94.7 WCSX-FM “Employment After Deployment” initiative. Members of the military who have returned home from a recent deployment and are looking for a job can go to www.WCSX.com or send an email to [email protected].

Lisa Pike has joined TagStation, LLC as Senior Vice President for Revenue Development. In the newly created role, Pike will drive business development initiatives with leading data attribution platforms, brands, agencies, automotive, media, and technology companies to enhance NextRadio’s relevance, reach, and revenue.

Forcht Broadcasting owns 25 stations in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. The company has chosen SoCast to build out new websites for all the stations. Forcht VP Amy Stroud said, "Socast has provided us with the platform to build our group’s radio websites with relevant, up-to-date, interactive, and engaging modules that allow listeners to have a radio website experience."

In a 300-plus page document filed with the SEC regarding the pending merger with CBS Radio, Entercom states it has reached preliminary agreements with buyers who will purchase stations in four markets Entercom must move stations from in order to close the CBS Radio deal.

With 5 stations about to be sold in Boston (Nielsen market #10), including CBS' sports powerhouse WBZ-FM and NewsRadio WBZ-AM, the ownership landscape will certainly look different if the Entercom/CBS merger goes through. The question is who will enter that market as the next big player or will these stations be scattered around to other owners. Here's what we know.

In a memo to CBS Radio employees, CEO Andre Fernandez unveiled the final 16 stations that will most likely be moved in order for the CBS/Entercom merger to go through. Eleven of those stations are under the CBS Radio umbrella and five now belong to Entercom. Here is the entire list...

CBS Radio revenue was $555.6 million in the first six months of 2017, according to the latest Entercom filing at the FCC. That's down from $577.1 million in 2016. Operating income over that six months was $90 million compared to $137.4 million in 2016. The document says CBS Radio has $1.36 billion in debt and $4.33 billion in total assets.

Milwaukee’s 94.5 KTI COUNTRY has launched a nationwide search for a superstar Country morning show host. The station is growing and needs a top-shelf host.

SAG-AFTRA says the National Labor Relations Board in Los Angeles has officially issued a complaint against Spanish Broadcasting Systems. SAG-AFTRA says the complaint was issued after the NLRB found merit to a myriad of egregious unfair labor practice charges filed by the union. SBS owns LA RAZA (KLAX-FM) and MEGA (KXOL-FM) in L.A.