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In announcing the official name change Monday, CEO Alfred Liggins said, “More than 35 years ago, we proudly began representing Black culture by lifting our voices boldly, courageously and unapologetically. Urban One’s mission is to enhance and maintain our position as the largest distributor of urban content in the country.”

On Monday, Nielsen announced it has renewed its contract with CBS Radio for its 117 stations in 26 markets. CBS Radio will also use the Nielsen Data Management Platform, a Cloud application which, for the first time, includes using Nielsen Audio data from Nielsen’s PPM to connect with broadcast listeners through digital channels.

The FCC's Chief Information Officer David Bray said the Commission has been dealing with multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks in its Electronic Comment Filing System which have caused delays for consumers who want to file valid comments. The Commission did not specify the problem was caused by Late Night TV host John Oliver who's been pushing his viewers to the site over Chairman Pai's plan to rollback Net Neutrality.

CEO Ed Atsinger said he was quite pleased with the numbers for the quarter, due to the fact in Q1 2016 Salem took in $1.2 million in political revenue and this year only $100,000. Excluding political, Salem's broadcast revenue would have been up slightly. Total revenue for the company was $64.6 million.

The only change to the weekly Media Monitors spot chart was Mattress Firm (29,550) and Boost Mobile (29,44) flipping one spot. The mattress giant was third last week and Boost Mobile moved down to fourth. The Home Depot (50,410) remained number one and GEICO (39,5360) number two. JC Penney rounds out the top five from last week (27,855).

It’s called Inside the Hive and it’s a collaboration between Vanity Fair’s Hive and DGital Media. Hosted by VF special correspondent Nick Bilton, the first episode streams May 19 and will feature Bilton in conversation with Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company.

Designed for kids 5-12, the NPR podcast is called Wow in the World and looks at the wonders of science, technology, discovery, and inventions. Starting May 15, NPR’s Guy Raz and SiriusXM’s Mindy Thomas will take kids and their grown-ups on a journey into the most incredible science and kid-friendly news stories of the week.

Brad Leask, Network Imaging Producer, NOVA Entertainment, Melbourne, Australia, captured the title of World’s Best Imager on Friday, May 5. He defeated 2016 Iron Imager Champion Sideshow Mike Andersen, Triple M Imaging, Southern Cross Austereo of Sydney, Australia, in the head-to-head live audio imaging competition presented annually by Benztown.

In 2017, not only is Radio Ink celebrating its 25th birthday, our Radio Wayne Awards also turn 25. The Radio Wayne Awards recognize outstanding performance in radio leadership, management, and sales. In 1994, Skip Finley won the Radio Wayne for Broadcaster of the Year and we recently caught up with Finley to discuss the award he won and what he's working on.

The 8K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission says Azoff's decision to resign as a director was not due to any disagreements with the company or on any matter relating to the company’s operations, policies or practices.