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The American Action Network, a nonprofit group aligned with Speaker Paul Ryan, is turning up the heat on opponents of the American Health Care Act. The bill will be voted on by the House, Thursday, and according to The Washington Examiner, the non-profit launched a $10 million radio campaign on conservative talk stations in 28 House districts.

NAB Education Foundation’s Media Sales Institute has opened registration for recruiters. Media Sales Foundation is an intensive 7-day program that trains recent college graduates for careers in media sales. The registration deadline is Friday, March 31.

Radio Ink's Hispanic Radio Conference kicks off one week from today in sunny Fort Lauderdale with a keynote address from FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly. That will be followed by our first panel which focuses on the 2016 Presidential election and what was learned during that very different campaign. Check out our full agenda HERE. Register HERE.

Monday afternoon CBS and Entercom filed applications with the FCC to move forward with the merger that was announced back in February. CBS CEO Les Moonves and COO Joe Ianniello are proposed to be directors of Entercom for six months once the merger is complete.

iHeart's Rip City Radio 620 in Portland, OR is debuting the new Rip City Drive with Chad and Travis weekdays from 3 – 6 p.m. The afternoon sports talk show will focus on the Portland sports market with a specific focus on Portland Trail Blazer basketball.

Last week, with the help of AdsWizz, a company called Frequency launched a campaign to use personalized creative on Spotify. The campaign targets listeners with audio ads that are customized based on time of day and location. We spoke to Frequency CEO Pete Jimison about the company, this new technology, and if there might be some application for your radio stations.

(By James Robinson) I’ve spent the last 20 years in the media sales industry. During that time, my career has faced its share of challenges, perhaps none greater than being at a market that was bought and sold six times. We also had eight different general managers going in 10 different directions.

(By Matt Sunshine) Is your sales team working the same way radio sales were being run 10 years ago? If so, and you are not getting the results corporate is expecting, there’s a good chance you need to update your sales playbook.

The burger chain moved from 53rd to second on the Media Monitors weekly chart. Wendy's aired 32,833 commercials on radio stations all across the country last week. Only GEICO aired more (49,240). Indeed held onto the third spot (32,531), followed by The Home Depot (32,180), and the United States Department of Transportation (30,435).

6,000-watt WHJT, owned by Mississippi College in Jackson, Mississippi, is being sold to New South Radio for $600,000 cash at closing. The college was represented by brokers Greg Guy and Jason James of Patrick Communications.