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The Interactive Advertising Bureau unveiled the roster for the fourth annual IAB Podcast Upfront which will be held in New York City September 6. The full-day event helps brands and media buyers learn about the latest podcast advertising opportunities from content creators. Here's the roster of companies that will attend...

Paul Corvino (left) has been named Region President for Detroit and Nick Gnau for Philadelphia. Gnau was most recently the Region President for Detroit, where he oversaw Detroit, Grand Rapids, Toledo, and Muskegon. Corvino joins iHeart Detroit from Clear Channel Outdoor Americas, where he was Regional President for the Midwest.

It was only five months ago that Kurt Luchs was moved from NRG's four-station cluster in Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin, to run its seven-station cluster in Omaha. Luchs had been with NRG since 2013 and in 2017 he was named one of radio's Best Managers by Radio Ink. On Thursday, we found out Luchs is no longer with the company.

KHTS Santa Clarita host Barry McKeever was in Nashville on the Fourth of July watching fireworks when debris started raining from the sky. According to the station website, McKeever said he felt a piece strike him in the shoulder and after one of his children saw the wound he realized it wasn’t from the fireworks, it was a bullet.

Another CEO is on record in favor of deregulation. The issue will be voted on by the FCC -- although the time frame is unknown -- when the Commission looks into broadcast ownership rules as part of its 2018 quadrennial review. During his earnings call Thursday, Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan said despite concerns that deregulation lead to some of the challenges radio is now having, he believes the industry needs more consolidation. Here's why...

Pro-forma revenue for Emmis' radio stations was down 5% in March, 6% in April, and  2% in May. The only good news is that markets Emmis operates in was down nearly 6% for the quarter. Also, due to a steady rainfall in New York during Emmis' big Summer Jam event, ticket sales were down, which played a big role in Emmis being off 16% in June to start Q2.

The Dana Show Weekend can now be heard on KLIF-AM in Dallas-Forth Worth. According to Steve Graham, VP for Affiliate Marketing at Radio America, that's an exciting development for the station.

As we reported yesterday, Cumulus' KQRS in Minnesota is gearing up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of rocker KQRS. Today we take a closer look under the hood, at the nuts and bolts of what it takes to create a radio brand that stands the test of time, remains a stable force in the ratings and withstands the quirkiness of the listener. Scott Jameson is the current PD at KQRS. We picked his brain on how and why KQRS is still the king.

And they were given 10 days to shut down...or else. A business in Brooklyn was operating at 93.7-FM. Jaril Garcia is accused of operating an illegal station on 99.3 in Paterson, New Jersey. Michael Costa is nailed for his pirate radio station at 89.9, "The Juice Broadcasting Network," in Providence. And Maglie Plaismond in Cranston, Rhode Island, was told to shut down an operation at 97.9-FM.

Forbes magazine featured an interview with Angela Yee of Urban Contemporary morning show The Breakfast Club, who shared her strategy for making her mark in media, while elevating and educating the next generation of young women.