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In a detailed article on the Fox News website country singer Katie Armiger, who's in a court battle with Cold River Records, says she was sexually harassed on several occasions by Country DJs and PDs. She did not name names in the story. Here's what she said happened.

(By Buzz Knight) One of the privileges of the business we are in is making friends with some unbelievable partners that we encounter. In most instances, this connection is immediate and it lasts a lifetime. Some are cut short in an untimely manner. This past Friday we lost Jim Barry, the spokesman from the Consumer Technology Association, to Cancer.

(By Eric Rhoads) Radio, for the most part, is a single-pillar business. It lives or dies based on advertising. Though many stations and companies have alternative revenue streams, none comes close to matching the revenues or the wide margins of advertising. What if radio’s single pillar were to go away?

Cesar Gerlens has been one busy pirate. The FCC's Enforcement Bureau says Gerlens had illegal radio stations in four locations. According to this notice, Gerlens had stations at four different residences, three were using the 92.1-FM frequency, in Brockton, Everett, and Randolph, and another at 90.1-FM in Mattapan.

Tatiana Felgengauer was stabbed in the throat by the attacker, Monday. It's being reported her injuries are not life-threatening. Felgengauer works at the Russian radio station "Echo of Moscow."

According to Media Monitors, GEICO (39,928) and The Home Depot (37,323) were first and second again on their weekly chart of radio commercials. By airing 30,283 commercials on radio stations all over the country, JC Penney came in third. McDonald's was fourth (27,170) followed by ZipRecruiter (23,365), rounding out the top five.

Presenters for the 29th Annual National Radio Hall of Fame Induction ceremony have been announced. Among them are Entercom CEO David Field and CBS Radio Host Scott Shannon. The ceremony is November 2 at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago. Here's the entire list of presenters.

Envision Networks has reached a representation deal with Jim Brickman to distribute The Jim Brickman Show as well as new audio and video programming from The Brickhouse Network. The Jim Brickman Show is a four-hour lifestyle program with music and interviews hosted by the award-winning songwriter and best-selling solo pianist.

Seasoned programmer Bobby Novosad has been promoted to Program Director of KXKC-FM/NASH FM 99.1, “Acadiana’s Country Music Leader.” The promotion expands Novosad’s leadership role in the Cumulus Media-Lafayette station cluster.

Cumulus has promoted Producer and Digital Content Director Doug MacGunnigle to Assistant Program Director of NewsTalk 99.7 and AM 630 WPRO and AM 790/WPRV-AM in Providence, RI. MacGunnigle started at WPRO in 2002 as a weekend board operator, soon branching out to production and on-air duties on Hot 106 and 92 PRO FM.