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With shares at their highest average closing price since November 2005, and prices of 12 cents a share seen in January 2009, Sirius XM stock has never looked better. Here is the full scoop on the company's second quarter...

Sun Broadcast Group is set to support national ad sales for Envision Networks Wolfmam Jack Radio Show beginning August 1. The show has been digitally remastered and is available now as a five-hour weekly program containing Wolfman’s comedy bits, funny phone calls, crazy characters, celebrity interviews, and great music from the 60s & 70s.

Nathan Graham is the new PD for Entercom’s 98.7 AMP Radio (WDZH-FM) in Detroit, effective September 4. Graham was previously APD and Music Director for 103.7 KISS FM (WXSS-FM) in Milwaukee.

And that initial wave of podcast platform and solution providers includes Libsyn, Blubrry, Voxnest, StreamGuys, and EmpireStreaming.

The veteran morning host left the station after what turned out to be his final show on Friday, July 20. Strangely, he’d said nothing on the air of his planned departure. He did, however, post a "farewell" blog on the station's Web page.

Well-known author, motivational speaker, social media influencer, and radio and TV personality María Marin will now be heard on reVolver Podcasts with her new weekly motivational podcast Hablando De Frente con María Marin Marin.

Veteran broadcaster Don Brake is the new Program Director and morning on-air personality for Beaumont, TX, Country station KAYD-FM/NASH FM 101.7. Brake debuts this week on New NASH Morning Show.

If you took as an answer to that question the number of people -- and the number of new podcasting vendors -- attending Podcast Movement in Philadelphia this week, you would say, for sure, that podcasting has come a long way from the first PM conference five years ago. Let’s look at some of the figures being thrown around at the show this week.

Aside from the obvious challenges podcasters face every day, such as getting the right equipment, consistently creating compelling content, finding listeners, and generating enough revenue to make a living, there are much bigger challenges the podcasting industry faces. Here’s what we heard on Tuesday.

As Broadcast Attorney David Oxenford writes in his latest blog, the the FCC has released a Public Notice asking a number of questions about the audio marketplace. The Commission will use that information in a report to Congress. However, Oxenford believes they may also use it as a guide to the upcoming discussion on ownerships caps.