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A court has ruled that Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) cannot have about $120,000 several people left for KPLU when they died. You may recall that station was going to be sold to The University of Washington before The Friends of KPLU raised enough money to buy the station and keep it going. It is now KNKX.

While Beasley Media Group's WBZ-FM carries play-by-play of New England Patriot games in Boston, Entercom's WEEI-FM will retain broadcasting rights of Patriots Monday and Patriots Friday, after a new agreement was announced Wednesday.

(By Barry Cohen) The most common misconception among your prospects and clients: "All my customers read, watch, and listen to what I do." Wrong! Here are some things you can do to remedy that and know your clients better.

(By Ronald Robinson) The group was summoned – made up of a number of astute, experienced, and credible radio professionals. A dozen of these folks were invited to a virtual meeting to discuss a number of challenges that radio has been experiencing for some time.

This will be the 18th straight year FOX Sports Radio has covered the big game. Broadcasting across a network of more than 400 station in the U.S., as well as FOXSportsRadio.com and iHeartRadio, the network will do blanket coverage in Minneapolis from January 29 to February 2.

Originally it was reported, by Minnesota Public Radio, that its relationship with Garrison Keillor was abruptly ended because of "inappropriate behavior" with one female colleague. Keillor played down that allegation by saying it was nothing more than placing his hand on a woman's back to console her. A new MPR investigation details alleged years of bad behavior that left several women who worked for Keillor feeling mistreated, sexualized or belittled.

Triton Digital and Edison Research say the results of the 2018 U.S. Infinite Dial will be broadcast via Facebook Live Thursday, March 8 at 2 p.m. EST. The Infinite Dial study examines digital media consumption habits of Americans, including time spent with digital audio, podcasts, smart speakers, social media, video, mobile, and more.

Chicago’s WGN will launch a new streaming sports show on January 30. Sports Central will air from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on wgnradio.com and the WGN Radio app. Hosted by Adam Hoge, the show will be a daily hub for Chicago’s sports conversation.

Beasley Media CEO Caroline Beasley will keynote the DiGamma Kappa scholarship banquet on Thursday. DiGamma Kappa is the official Broadcasting Society of the University of Georgia. Every year, the society presents the DiGamma Kappa Distinguished Achievement Award in Broadcasting and Cable “For Exceptional Service.”

Steve Swick is all about local. He's about local when he's running his eight radio stations. He's about local when he's dealing with his clients at Local Radio Networks. And he's not a happy man when roadblocks are put in his way when he's trying to execute great local radio.