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Automotive sales continued to be weak as U.S. light-vehicle sales dropped 0.5 percent in May compared to a year ago for radio's number one advertising category. Ford, Nissan and Honda saw an increase for the month, while General Motors, Toyota, FCA and Hyundai-Kia fell.

(By Bob McCurdy) With all of the discussion (long overdue) about neuroscience’s ability to corroborate audio’s impact on us physiologically and behaviorally, I thought it would be helpful to highlight a forgotten website, which I rediscovered earlier this week. The website is www.raisingthevolume.com.

The voice of the Oakland Raiders, Greg Papa, has agreed to a multi-year extension at 95.7 The GAME (KGMZ-FM). Papa has been with the station since 2014, and The Greg Papa Show will continue to air weekdays from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Papa is a three-time California Sportscaster of the Year Award winner.

Ian “Slacker” Richards is feeling pretty good right now. The APD/MD/afternoon drive host for Detroit’s WDZH-FM/98.7 AMP Radio has just received his promotion to Program Director. Richards will continue to handle afternoon drive, 3-7 p.m.

(By Ronald Robinson) Breaking News: Radio is sporting a huge, sucking chest wound! For many, this wound has healed over, leaving only massive scar tissue, which can be hidden with a shirt. This condition has come to be called: Normal.

Philadelphia stalwarts and WMMR-FM morning personalities Preston and Steve have signed a multi-year extension with the Beasley station. The duo joined WMMR in 2005 and have held the top-rated morning show position ever since.

Scott Ward has been promoted to PD for CBS Radio;s five radio stations in Riverside and palm Springs. He replaces Lee Douglas and will continue to co-host the K-FROG morning show, a position he first took in 1995.

John Zach will join WECK Radio (AM 1230 & FM 102.9) in Buffalo as News Director on July 10. Zach has been an announcer in the city for over two decades and was most recently heard as morning news anchor at WBEN, where he worked since 1998. He is also well known for his many years behind the radio microphone at WKBW and WGR.

The FCC, under Chairman Ajit Pai, continues to give AM broadcasters some love. On Thursday, the Commission moved to open the first of two new FM translator filing windows on July 26.

Connoisseur CEO Jeff Warshaw, along with big-time programmer Michael Sharkey, has launched a new streaming app aimed at helping New York City music fans discover new music and fun stuff to do in the Big Apple. The station is called Satori and the jocks are broadcasting live 24/7 from Brooklyn. Warshaw tells Radio Ink what the goal of the new online radio station is...