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Wheatstone has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Pacific Research & Engineering from GatesAir (formerly Harris Broadcast) for an undisclosed amount.

Saga Communications’ six station cluster in Jonesboro, Arkansas partnered with Raycom Media’s KAIT-TV in Jonesboro for a Wishathon. An astounding $351,123 was raised for the Make-A-Wish foundation.

At Thursday's NABA Future of Audio Symposium in Washington, DC, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said you could make a case that all smartphones should have their FM Chips activated on public safety grounds alone. However he said because he is a free market kind of guy he cannot support a government mandate requiring activation of the chips.

The prestigious Hispanic Radio Conference "Medallas de Cortez" awards received an unprecedented number of nominations this year by the close of Wednesday's (2/15) deadline.

Classic Rock DJ “Uncle Joe” Benson has signed a new multi-year agreement with Entercom's KSWD-FM in Los Ageles. Uncle Joe will continue to host on-air weekdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. PD Dave Beasing said, “Joe is the best-known and most-loved classic rock DJ in Los Angeles.

Morning host/Sports Director Tom Ackerman and morning host/news reporter Michael Calhoun (pictured) have signed multi-year extensions with expanded roles at News/Talk station KMOX 1120 (KMOX-AM) in St. Louis. The pair can be heard weekdays from 5:00 to 8:30 a.m.

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York and ruled that there is no common law right to performance fees in sound recordings created prior to 1972, and that there were no alternative grounds for finding Sirius XM liable.

The radio industry simply couldn't ask for anything better. By all indications the Chairman of the FCC is going to make radio one of his top priorities. We've already seen the Commission under Ajit Pai vote to do away with the 43-year-old rule that required you to save paper letters from listeners. And Thursday, at the NABA Future of Audio Symposium in Washington DC, the Chairman told a very friendly audience, "I’ve made AM radio a personal priority."

Yesterday, we shared a video created by Spotify pushing the power of audio. We also wondered how powerful a similar video about the power of radio would be. Our great friends at the RAB pointed us in the right direction...right to their website. The video about the power of radio the RAB produces is updated regularly and sent out to RAB members. Check it out HERE.

On Thursday, Nielsen released a chart to show how important the News Radio format was in 2016 leading up to the Presidential election. In 2012, News Radio audience levels spiked during that election year, and 2016 proved to be no different.