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Last month the RAB's VP of Sales Rob Boaden passed away suddenly from a heart attack at the age of 63. Rob was with the RAB for 17 years. He was also a big supporter of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. A memorial page has been set up by St. Jude in his honor. You can visit that page HERE.

Zann is the new afternoon driver for KISS-FM in Seattle. She joins the station from Dallas, where she most recently hosted the midday shift on KLIF-FM and Westwood One’s Hot AC and Hits Now.

Cumulus Media has promoted Josh “Bru” Brubaker to Local Anchor for Ty, Kelly and Chuck on NASH FM 93.1/WDRQ-FM in Detroit. In his new role, Brubaker will cover traffic, weather, local contesting, and content.

Greg Neft has been named Program Director for Fresno Talk stations KALZ-PowerTalk 96.7 and KRZR-AM 1400. He will report to Steve Weed, Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia Fresno.

UK audio imaging professional Sam Wickens, Audio Production Assistant for Capital FM in London, captured the title of World’s Best Imager on Friday, May 4, 2018, winning the 7th Annual Iron Imager competition.

U.S. Representative Leonard Lance of New Jersey introduced a bill to Congress on Tuesday to fight illegal pirate radio operators. The PIRATE Act, ‘‘Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act’’ calls for an increased penalty of up to $2,000,000 for anyone convicted of operating a pirate station across the nation.

On a same-station basis for the first quarter of 2018, Saga's net revenue increased 0.3% to $26.2 million. CEO Ed Christian said both the automotive and medical categories were disappointing in the quarter. He said three months ago he felt was queasy about Q1 but "we were able to move the needle up a little."

The medium- and small-market operator reported an increase in net revenue of 6.6% or $5.8 million to $94.2 million in the first quarter of 2018. Townsquare executives on the Tuesday morning earnings call were very pleased with the results, including Co-CEO Bill Wilson...

It's clear Entercom wants a bigger piece of the national revenue pie and will soon make an extra effort to make that happen. On Tuesday, Entercom announced it will launch the Entercom Audio Network on July 1.

Salem's Q1 net broadcast revenue increased 0.5% to $48.1 million (from $47.8 million). Same-station revenue increased 0.4% to $47.3 million from $47.1 million. Salem owns 118 radio stations and a network.