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The host of NPR’s All Things Considered steps down in January. Siegel's been part of the public radio network since 1976, after getting his start in radio as a college freshamn. He joined NPR as a newscaster, became an editor, opened NPR's London bureau, and as chief of NPR News ran the newsroom, then took over at All Things Considered in 1987.

As of May 15, Michael Gross will be the new PD and afternoon drive host at WCMF in Rochester. Gross replaces Chris Crowley who took a position with Entercom's Classic Rocker KGON in Portland.

Sun Broadcast Group wants the industry to know that, despite his contract not being renewed by Entercom Seattle, Fitz's three syndicated shows continue. Fitz is heard on over 190 affiliates. The Fitz Morning Show airs on about 20 stations, The Hitlist with Fitz airs weekends on 80 affiliates, and his daily Country news feature, Nashville Minute airs on 94 stations.

That's according to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai now that the Incentive Auction on the TV side is over. Pai did not give a specific date but said it will be for Class C and D stations, and the necessary IT work is being done now and it’s going well.

One of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's goals is to overhaul about a thousand pages of regulations put on broadcasters, many of them decades old that make no sense in a world where broadcasters compete with the unregulated world of digital. The rule that requires stations to maintain a studio in or near its community of license may be the next to go.

The National Association of Broadcasters announced preliminary attendance of 103,443 for the show taking place this week in Las Vegas. International attendees accounted for 26,714 of the attendees, while 1,518 people were registered with the media. 161 countries are being represented. The final 2016 attendance was 102,513 with 26,781 international attendees.

Keith Hastings is the Director of Branding & Programming for Cox Media Group's KISS-FM and KTKX-FM in San Antonio, and he's CMG's Rock and Classic Rock Format Leader. He's been in radio for 40 years and 31 as a programmer. On May 8, Hastings will be featured in Radio Ink Magazine as one of Radio’s Best Program Directors in America. Here's why...

CBS Radio says a new product called Airtime Analytics can now evaluate just how much traffic is delivered to an advertiser's website when that advertiser runs an over-the-air campaign.

In the Bubba The Love Sponge ratings-tampering case, Judge James Whittemore has rejected an attempt by Bubba to have Nielsen's expert witness David Haas disqualified as an expert witness. Bubba claimed Haas is no expert because he doesn't have experience in the radio industry or the measurement of radio audiences. The judge says I don't think so.

U.S. District Judge James Whittemore has set Todd Clem's ratings-tampering trial for the term in Tampa that begins January 2, 2018. The discovery cut-off date is August 10 and a pre-trial conference will be held December 8.