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It's pretty rare a radio station gets as much print press as WFAN in New York has been getting this week. WFAN has been must-listen-to radio these past few days. Mike Francesa's short retirement has certainly stirred the pot and generated excitement in New York City radio -- and everyone is taking sides.

Radio executives got a little help "telling their story" on Wednesday. America's most listened-to talk show host opened his show with a 30-minute rant about how strong radio is today, nearly 100 years after the medium was hatched.

And that will come in the form of an app, and to launch that app SiriusXM will lean on Howard Stern. Sirius' Scott Greenstein says the company is going to launch with a sampling of Stern's diversity, whether it's music performance, interview, skits, whatever, just to have a tease out there.

First-quarter revenue for the satellite entertainment provider was $1.4 billion, an increase of 6% over the first quarter of 2017. Advertising revenue was $42 million in the quarter compared to $36 million a year earlier. After a hefty increase from the CRB to start the year, SiriusXM paid $180 million in royalty fees in the quarter.

The vote was 415 to 0. The Act combines previously introduced legislation and reforms music licensing laws. The goal is to reward creativity and encourage innovation in the digital age. This new legislation should have very little impact on radio. Here's what NAB CEO Gordon Smith had to say about the Act...

This proposed penalty is against Winston Tulloch for his pirate radio station at 90.9-FM in Paterson, New Jersey. And it shows you just how hard it is to shut a pirate down when he doesn't care what the government is saying.

Nielsen says the integrity of its data is one of its top priorities, and during an internal data review the company discovered that a media-affiliated household had participated in the PPM panel starting Week 2 of the March 2018 report month in the New York and Nassau-Suffolk metros. It appears someone from WNEW-FM is the culprit.

The Georgia Association of Broadcasters has released details for its 2018 Beasley Media Group Radio Talent Institute. The nine-day event is Monday, May 7 through Wednesday, May 16 at the University of Georgia Grady College in Athens.

In this latest Hispanic Radio Podcast from Streamline Publishing's Radio + Television Business Report and Radio Ink, multicultural advertising expert Liz Castells, President of Infusion by Castells, explains why radio remains a vital part of the mix for her clients and others actively seeking to build sales and seek long-term revenue growth.

WTOP/Washington, DC, has been honored with nine Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards by the Radio Television Digital News Association. The WTOP news team was recognized in the Overall Excellence category for the seventh time in the past nine years.