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Advertisers just want their advertising to work. They judge those results by how much sales increase. Advertisers sort of believe radio works, but without the kind of instant ratings they get with TV, and instant data they get with digital, radio can be kind of a crap shoot for them. Is Westwood One about to start a trend to change all that? Will this lead to more revenue for radio? We asked the person who introduced the new program, EVP of Corporate Marketing for Cumulus Media and President of Westwood One Suzanne Grimes.

According to Mansion Global the former Citadel CEO and his wife have listed their Miami Beach mansion for $22.5. The magazine says this little beauty is 8,500 square-feet, has three kitchens, a pool and spa, a gym, two guest suites, 24-hour security, a 2,000-square-foot rooftop terrace and parking for seven cars.

Yesterday, while being taunted by Democratic Lawmakers on Capitol Hill for not responding stern enough to President Trump's tweets, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said an NPRM will be considered at the Commission's November meeting that would bring major changes to broadcast ownership rules.

iHeart has named Chris Edge Area Senior VP of Programming for Raleigh and Greensboro. iHeartMedia’s Raleigh and Greensboro Area includes 10 stations. Edge is currently responsible for programming five iHeart Raleigh stations, a position he's had for the past five years.

Shelli Sonstein celebrates 40 years on the New York radio airwaves as co-host of the Jim Kerr Rock and Roll Morning Show by inking a four-year contract extension with Q104.3 Radio, it was announced Wednesday. Sonstein recently won a Gracie Award for best radio co-host.

Alex Mac has been named afternoon personality and Music Director for ALT 106.3, Des Moines’ Alternative Rock station, as well as evening personality for ALT 104.9, St. Louis’ Alternative Rock station, effective October 30. Mac will broadcast from 2-7 p.m. on ALT 106.3, and 7 p.m.-midnight on ALT 104.9.

Westwood One says it will partner with qualifying clients, to help them accomplish their business objectives. Nielsen will measure the R.O.I. for each campaign, which includes all media that run across the entire broadcast radio landscape, as well as Westwood One, by matching Media Monitors ad occurrences with Portable People Meter listening, Nielsen credit card data and in-store CPG purchase data from Nielsen Catalina Solutions.

The elimination of the Main Studio Rule certainly created a ton of debate amongst Radio Ink readers. The columns by Franklin Raff and Jay Meyers both generated a lot of passionate feedback. And, just like the FCC vote (3-2), our readers were split.

The product is called C-Endorsement Videos, and it's an extension of the on-air endorsements that are now done by most radio stations across the country. Local personality-branded video endorsements will appear as pre-roll video ads before content on third-party websites.

Overall, revenue was up 8% to $1.4 billion, which is another quarterly record for the company. More impressively, while most radio companies are still seeing flat to very modest revenue gains, SirisXM's advertising revenue was up 21% to more than $41 million for the quarter, compared to $34.2 million in 2016.