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The longtime PD for the sports network has been bumped up to the executive role after two decades of service. The promotion is effective June 9.

That's something we may never know, unless we can get someone to leak that figure to us. We reached out to Bubba for a comment but he did not respond. Whatever that figure was, it was big enough to make Nielsen happy and avoid a full blown public trial, which would have put many of the details about its methodology on trial as well. And that's something the ratings firm has always tried to avoid.

(By Deborah Parenti) The list of roadblocks to achieving better retention rates includes everything from millennial mindset to “sexier” new media opportunities. Both are frequently cited as reasons for the dismal track record of keeping young potential super-sellers from bolting out the door. So, with a shrug, we move on to the next candidate, in a never-ending cycle.

(By Bob McCurdy) I recently read a podcasting article that quoted someone as saying, “Good storytelling will always be heard.” It got me thinking about our role as storytellers in promoting our medium and positioning our media assets. We often talk to clients about what a great medium radio is for telling their “stories,” but is our storytelling up to snuff?

The 6th annual Confer Radio Talent Institute begins today in Pennsylvania on the campus of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Sessions over the 10-day Institute cover sales, on-air, production, promotions, digital, social media, and engineering. The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters and Confer underwrite the Institute. Twenty-two students have been accepted.

The folks at Entercom Philadelphia know how to have a good time! On Saturday, July 14, they’ll be hosting the city’s first city-wide pizza festival, “Pizzadelphia.” The family-friendly event will showcase over 25 of Philadelphia’s best pizza restaurants and food trucks.

The New York Post is reporting that private equity firm Silver Lake Partners may be interested in buying iHeartMedia. According to the paper, Silver Lake is in talks with iHeart creditors, which are gearing up to take control of the company once it emerges from Chapter 11.

Angie Ange (pictured) will be taking over mornings July 16 at WKYS-FM in Washington, DC. She'll be joined by Déja Perez and DJ Money. Ange’s radio career began when she was in high school in TV. In college Ange was PD at Howard University’s student station WHBC 830AM. She started as an intern at a local station before hosting evenings at WKYS.

Thanks to Phillip Sprayberry, Media Relations Coordinator at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ for sharing this story with us. Eight students from the University's communication/broadcast department returned to Vieques, Puerto Rico, to follow up on the work they started in January to restore the small island’s radio station, WVQR 90.1 FM Radio Vieques, that was unusable after Hurricane Maria.

The morning team, syndicated by Compass Media Networks, continued its summer tour with this sold-out event from "The Razor" in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Free Beer and Hot Wings “Morning Show at Night” tour started in Nashville at the world-famous Wildhorse Saloon, traveled to Grand Rapids, Albany, Portland, ME, and Green Bay. Next up is the Jersey Shore with 105.7 The Hawk on July 13. The show is heard on 45 stations.