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Cumulus Media has promoted Josh “Bru” Brubaker to Local Anchor for Ty, Kelly and Chuck on NASH FM 93.1/WDRQ-FM in Detroit. In his new role, Brubaker will cover traffic, weather, local contesting, and content.

Greg Neft has been named Program Director for Fresno Talk stations KALZ-PowerTalk 96.7 and KRZR-AM 1400. He will report to Steve Weed, Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia Fresno.

UK audio imaging professional Sam Wickens, Audio Production Assistant for Capital FM in London, captured the title of World’s Best Imager on Friday, May 4, 2018, winning the 7th Annual Iron Imager competition.

U.S. Representative Leonard Lance of New Jersey introduced a bill to Congress on Tuesday to fight illegal pirate radio operators. The PIRATE Act, ‘‘Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act’’ calls for an increased penalty of up to $2,000,000 for anyone convicted of operating a pirate station across the nation.

On a same-station basis for the first quarter of 2018, Saga's net revenue increased 0.3% to $26.2 million. CEO Ed Christian said both the automotive and medical categories were disappointing in the quarter. He said three months ago he felt was queasy about Q1 but "we were able to move the needle up a little."

The medium- and small-market operator reported an increase in net revenue of 6.6% or $5.8 million to $94.2 million in the first quarter of 2018. Townsquare executives on the Tuesday morning earnings call were very pleased with the results, including Co-CEO Bill Wilson...

It's clear Entercom wants a bigger piece of the national revenue pie and will soon make an extra effort to make that happen. On Tuesday, Entercom announced it will launch the Entercom Audio Network on July 1.

Salem's Q1 net broadcast revenue increased 0.5% to $48.1 million (from $47.8 million). Same-station revenue increased 0.4% to $47.3 million from $47.1 million. Salem owns 118 radio stations and a network.

The United States Traffic Network continues to do damage to Entercom's revenue. As expected, USTN cost Entercom $12 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2018. Add to that what CEO David Field called a "soft advertising environment" and six format changes that have not seen the revenue upside yet, and Entercom reports a Q1 quarter down 7.5%.

Barbara Corcoran -- nine-season Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank, real estate mogul, author and investor -- and iHeartMedia, announced they are launching a new podcast, Business Unusual With Barbara Corcoran on iHeartRadio.