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The University of Oregon and Entercom's 1080 The Fan (KFXX-AM) in Portland have signed a four-year broadcast deal through the 2022 season. The partnership includes play-by-play of the university’s football, basketball, and baseball games. Alpha Media had been carrying Ducks games in that market. And it sounds like Entercom won a Ducks bidding war.

Sports Gambling company VSiN has signed a deal with Entercom's 670 The Score (WSCR) in Chicago. VSiN will deliver daily Chicago-focused updates for the station. The Score will run VSiN updates covering Chicago sports betting markets. VSiN will supply two reports on weekday afternoons from Las Vegas.

In 2016, iHeart realigned its stations in Seattle, including moving Hip Hop KUBE-FM from 93.3 to 104.9, the former home of Active Rock KKBW. The thought was to target more of Tacoma. However, on Thursday night the company put an end to that experiment. Here's what VP of Programming Andrew Jeffries said...

Los Angeles station KNX 1070 News Radio is celebrating 50 years of being Southern California’s only 24-hour news and traffic station. Currently, more than 1.5 million people tune in to KNX 1070 News Radio every week.

SuiteRadio has launched a new 24/7 Country format for radio. "The Brand" is directed and anchored by Rowdy Yates with The Rowdy Ride Home, weekday afternoons. Mornings will be hosted by Brian Hatfield, Pam Kelly will hold down the mid-day shift, and nights will feature Tommy Jordan.

Katz Media Group has raised over $34,000 for the Broadcasters Foundation of America during its ninth annual two-week company-wide membership drive. All money raised supports the Foundation’s mission to improve the quality of life, and maintain the personal dignity, of radio and television broadcast professionals who find themselves in acute need.

Four top podcast producers – NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, and This American Life – have announced the acquisition of podcast app Pocket Cast.

Jenn Marino has been named as on-air host for ALT 103.7 KVIL-FM in Dallas-Fort Worth. Marino will lead morning drive as well as all three prime dayparts. She was previously a co-host for Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has announced a grant of $25,000 to WUSF Public Media, Florida, for Veterans Coming Home: Finding What Works, a digital-first content and engagement project.

On Wednesday, Cadence13, in collaboration with Nielsen, released the first in a series of research reports about podcast listeners and their spending habits. The report called "The Purchasing Power of Podcast Listeners" includes data collected over 52 weeks