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On the heels of a new piece of legislation introduced in Congress to slap a royalty tax on radio, the NAB ran this ad in The Hill on Thursday to promote radio. The NAB says the ad points out "the indispensable role of broadcast radio as a promotional vehicle for artists, and thanking the more than 180 Representatives and Senators cosponsoring the Local Radio Freedom Act."

Cumulus Media-Albuquerque's NEWSRADIO KKOB celebrated 95 years on the air with a big birthday bash this week. 800 listeners packed the New Mexico Natural History Museum to be a part of the celebration. The station signed on the air April 5, 1922, in Las Cruces, NM, moved to Albuquerque in 1932, and in 1941, went to 50,000 watts. Check out the history of the station in THIS VIDEO.

Phase one of that war will certainly be with Congress thanks to new legislation introduced Wednesday by Congressman Darrell Issa (pictured) and Rep. Ted Deutch. The bill, if passed into law, gives artists the right to pull their music from your radio stations if they decide that all that free promotion just isn't enough to help them move product and fill concert venues. They've even come up with a cute name for the bill: H.R 1914 is called "PROMOTE," which stands for Performance Royalty Owners of Music Opportunity To Earn Act.

(Deborah Parenti) Having served as president of Univision Radio from 2010-2015, Jose Valle understands better than most the challenges and opportunities for those who lead the industry, especially those with whom the future of Hispanic radio lies. And it’s why we asked him to moderate this year’s Executive Leadership Roundtable at the Hispanic Radio Conference.

The media giant has revealed its full lineup for the Daytime Village at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival, September 22 and 23, in Las Vegas. The popular and emerging artists on the bill include Halsey, Little Mix, Bleachers, Niall Horan, Bebe Rexha, Cheat Codes, Flume, and more.

Yet another iteration of a perennial effort by the recording industry to impose a performance royalty on broadcasters is on the table and could be headed for a real vote soon. And as you can expect many of your colleagues are not happy about it, some are pretty irate. Here's what they had to say about the new "PROMOTE" bill introduced on Capitol Hill Wednesday

Los Angeles-based Geffen Playhouse gets a worldwide audience in a new podcast, Geffen Playhouse Unscripted, which debuted Wednesday on PodcastOne.

...Heath Garlutzo, who's been the General Sales Manager of Salem’s Phoenix sales team for the past six years. Overall, his radio experience spans 22 years, including experience as National Sales Manager for CBS Radio. Heath will assume his new position April 12, 2017.

The Herd with Colin Cowherd reached 5.7 million across all platforms for the month of March – the first time that total podcast listens for the program have surpassed the 5 million mark.

Cumulus Nashville has promoted Lori Tournay Liggett to GSM for its music stations, including Country stations WKDF and WSM-FM, in addition to WQQK. Liggett has more than 27 years’ experience in promotions, sales, and management. She joined Cumulus Nashville in 2015 as GSM for WQQK.