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The FCC seems to think so. The Commission’s Media Bureau has designated St. Louis based Entertainment Media Trust for a hearing in front of an Administrative Law Judge to determine whether four EMT stations were controlled by Robert Romanik, who has been convicted of felony offenses.

SAG-AFTRA has launched a billboard campaign aimed at SBS executives and investors. The billboard went up outside SBS’ headquarters in Miami hours before the company’s annual stockholders meeting, which is today.

Next week, the New Jersey Broadcasters Association will hold its 71st Annual Conference & Gala. NJBA CEO Paul Rotella says the theme for 2019 is the Majesty of Broadcast honoring Radio Royalty from across the nation.

Media Monitors and Nielsen Audio have announced a new programming tool they say can reveal changes in PPM listening faster than ever before. The new jointly-developed service, Audio Overnights, is now in beta.

Former comedian Lisa Lampanelli has a new career as a life coach, and a new podcast, Let Lisa Help, on PodcastOne. The series premiere features actor Josh Peck, with new episodes out every Wednesday.

In a press release distributed Wednesday, Cumulus announced it's made a voluntary prepayment of $115 million on its first lien senior secured term loan. So far since emerging from bankruptcy Cumulus has reduced debt by $200 million.

After only one month, Bill O'Reilly's 15-minute daily radio show, The O’Reilly Update, has shot past 125 affiliate station mark. As a result, Key Networks, which syndicates the show, has announced it will debut an O’Reilly Update-Weekend Edition in July.

Tinley’s promotion means she will oversee sales operations for Cox Media Group Long Island’s stations, including WBAB-FM, WBLI-FM, and its digital media platform, Local Solutions.

Tonya Mosley has been selected as the third co-host of Boston NPR station WBUR’s Here & Now, a weekday news and talk program distributed on more than 475 NPR stations nationwide.

Veteran Cleveland traffic/news reporter Rick Abell has died. Newsradio WTAM 1100 is reporting this week that "Sky Chief" passed away May 5 after a long illness and complications from hip surgery.