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On Wednesday morning, CBS Chairman Les Moonves will be a guest on The Dan Sileo Morning Show on San Diego Sports station, The Mighty 1090. Moonves will discuss how big sports broadcasting has become. Sileo says he also plans to ask Moonves about the recent talk about CBS selling radio. He'll ask Moonves, "Why get away from radio since CBS was born on radio?"

Alpha Media, Bluefield, WV, announced that their market won multiple awards at the West Virginia Broadcasters Association “Excellence in Broadcasting Awards.” WHIS was awarded the highest honor of the night, “Legendary Station of the Year,” along with “Best Talk Show” for Radio Active hosted by Craig Hammond. Bluefield’s Dan Acquire won the “Best Sportscast” award for 2016.

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That's the total of all five executives, according to an SEC filing Tuesday, as the company gets ready for its annual shareholders meeting on June 1 in Oakland. Former CEO Brian McAndrews (pictured) was top earner taking home $6.5 million.

Jim Brandt is the new Senior VP for Digital at Gen Media partners. Before joining Gen Media Partners, Brandt was a Senior VP for Sprinkle and, before that, held a similar position at NTENT. He also worked at Interep Interactive. He's also worked at Viacom and Vivendi Universal.

SiriusXM issued a press release Monday that said it added 465,000 net new subscribers in the first quarter of 2016, resulting in a new total of 30.1 million subs as of the end of Q1. That's a record for the company. Self-pay net additions were 348,000 in the quarter, resulting in a self-pay subscriber base of 24.6 million at quarter's end. SiriusXM reports first-quarter revenue on April 28, 2016.

Banks was suffering from diabetes, however no official cause of death was announced. He was syndicated by American Urban Radio Networks. Banks' good friend Tom Joyner said, "Doug Banks wasn't just my turntable brother, he was my other brother! We did this back when urban radio made itself the best thing on the air -- and we made each other better. Chicago, radio, and afternoons will never be the same. I miss him and what we shared together." Here Banks is pictured with Tom Joyner and Steve Harris in 1996 when all three worked at ABC Radio Networks.

Media Monitors has been keeping an eye on what the candidates have been doing in 82 major markets, and from April 1 to April 10, radio did not see much from either party. Bernie Sanders ran 1,107 spots with another 25 spots added by the National Nurses United Patient Protection. Hillary Clinton ran 346 radio spots with Donald Trump airing even fewer, only 168. Ted Cruz ran 59 commercials while the Trusted Leadership PAC added only 3 spots giving him 62 total spots.

A public hearing was held on Saturday for a 328-home neighborhood in Bethesda that is home to four WMAL towers. Toll Brothers is planning to buy the land from Cumulus and build the homes. Bethesda Magazine reports 150 residents showed up for the hearing where some neighbors weren't buying the traffic projections the developers were pitching. Cumulus is hoping to bank $75 to $90 million from the land if the homes are approved and the sale goes through.

Darci Ewell has been named Senior VP of Sales for iHeart's San Antonio and Austin region. Ewell joined iHeartMedia in Colorado Springs/Pueblo in January 2014 as VP of Sales, and most recently served as Market President.