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PodcastOne is adding a second weekly episode of the newly launched The Dennis Miller Option. Beginning the week of June 4, new episodes will be released every Tuesday and Thursday.

It was back in 2014 when Cumulus sued host Michael Baisden, claiming they overpaid him by $1 million. Baisden's contract called for Cumulus to pay either $7.5 million or half of net program income for January 2012 to March 2013. The company said it paid $1 million as an advance and skipped 15 monthly installments by paying another $7.25 million, mistakenly not subtracting the advance. A filing with the bankruptcy court states this dispute is now settled.

Adams Radio Group has named Jason Lamp VP & GM for its Tallahassee cluster replacing retiring GM Hank Kestenbaum. Lamp most recently worked for Community Broadcasters overseeing their Destin-Fort Walton Beach cluster. He's also worked for iHeart in Charleston, Renda in Jacksonville and Cox Media Group in Miami.

Amy Griesheimer has been named Area President for iHeartMedia's Denver Region. iHeart's Denver region includes 29 stations in Fort Collins; Colorado Springs; Ogallala, Nebraska; and Cheyenne, Wyoming, which will now fall under Griesheimer's supervision. Griesheimer was with Entercom until last October.

Lisa Ballance has been named Sales Manager for iHeartMedia's KLOU-FM, KATZ-AM, KATZ-FM, and KATZ-FM HD in St. Louis. Ballance moves to St. Louis from Nashville, where she was GSM for iHeart. She was also a Market Manager for Clear Channel in Alexandria, LA.

Former WFAN morning show co-host Craig Carton is returning to radio even before his embezzlement case is decided. Focus 360 announced on Wednesday that it will be syndicating Carton & Friends, which launched in March (weekdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) on the FNTSY Sports streaming network.

A short 10Q filing with The SEC states that iHeartMedia expects to report consolidated revenue of approximately $1.37 billion for the first quarter of 2018. That's up from $1.329 billion in the first quarter of 2017. Here's the company explanation for the increase...

We've heard it over and over again....when Mother Nature goes into beast mode, radio is right there to make sure the locals are safe and sound from her wrath. Nielsen has come out with some new data to support that theory.

When it's time to move, most radio stations simply unhook the mic, load up the moving van, lock up the old building and move on down the road. Not the folks at WDRV in Chicago. PD Rob Cressman tells Radio Ink when the time came to move the Chicago Classic Rocker, his team did it in a very creative way.

How are Hispanics consuming music? Radio plays a big role — even as Latinos overindex on the use of streaming audio. In this Hispanic Radio Podcast, Nielsen VP Stacie deArmas discusses what's driving the Latin music lover in this engaging conversation with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson.