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The $1.4 million increase reflects the inclusion of WBZ-FM Boston, partially offset by the disposition of WMJX-FM Boston and the Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville stations. The company says revenue at the company’s other clusters was "comparable" to net revenue in the same period of 2017.

Chief Growth Officer for Publicis Groupe, Rishad Tobaccowala, will headline the 2018 Radio Show Advertiser Breakfast, Thursday, September 27, in Orlando. In an address titled "The Future of Media – Intersection of Advertising and Technology," Tobaccowala will discuss the continued transformation of advertising, marketing, and technology.

Entercom and the NBA's Brooklyn Nets have reached a new multi-year agreement that extends the team’s broadcast rights with New York’s WFAN through the 2020-21 season. The rights include regular season and postseason games.

Nautel kicks off a new Webinar series this month with two “Tips n Tricks” sessions, followed in June by discussions on HD Radio in Canada and engineering recruitment and training issues. The Webinar' are free, run 45 minutes and are open to everyone.

Employees at Beasley Media Group stations HOT 96.9, 105.7 WROR, ALT 92.9, Country 102.5, and 98.5 The Sports Hub donated their time and support to Project Bread’s year-round effort to prevent and end hunger in Massachusetts at the 50th Walk for Hunger & 5K Run.

Thanks to Megan Black from Second Street as well as Tucker Young at Bryan Broadcasting Corporation for this week's Advertiser Success Story. Second Street and KNDE-FM in College Station, Texas, teamed up to generate five year-long leases, 110 new contacts for the client, and $3,500 in revenue for the radio station. Here's how they did it. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media)

In St. Louis, Matt Johnson has been named Program Director for Z107.7, KSLZ-FM. Johnson has been programming Top 40 stations for over 15 years, including stops at WDKF/Dayton, WXKB/Ft. Myers, and KUDD/Salt Lake City. 

The FCC’s Media and Wireless Bureaus granted a request filed by broadcast attorney's Frank Montero and Keenan Adamchak on behalf of the Puerto Rico Broadcasters Association to waive the FCC’s rules limiting the scope of settlements involving mutually exclusive FM translator applications filed in the Auction 100 MX filing window.

We found out via Allen's Facebook page that he passed away over the weekend. Allen's many friends in the radio industry are posting their condolences for the long-time broadcaster HERE.

Major Garrett has been a familiar face in television news for years, first with Fox and now with CBS as its chief White House correspondent. Takeout is Garrett’s weekly podcast that covers politics, policy, and pop culture. Each episode is actually recorded over a meal at a Washington, D.C. restaurant.