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KLOS-FM in Los Angeles and Cumulus are holding a Celebration of Life for the legendary Bob Coburn this Saturday. Coburn was the voice of the longtime syndicated rock program called Rockline and KLOS was his radio home since 1980. He died of lung cancer in December. The event will be held at the Malibu Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The streaming pure play blasted out several press releases late Thursday hoping to convince investors the company is strong and has an eye toward making a profit. The company expects to exceed its previously announced Q4 revenue numbers due to a strong advertising quarter.

Up until now, Pandora has been in a hiring mode. New salespeople were being hired in major markets all over the country. Smart techies were being hired to improve Pandora's algorithm brains, the Music Genome Project. It looks like that all came to an end Thursday as CEO Tim Westergren said the company is "undertaking operational efficiency measures to reduce overall operating costs in 2017." Radio folks know that terminology well. It means hide under your desk, here come the pink slips.

First they were, then they weren't, now it appears they are again. According to The New York Post, SiriusXM Chairman Greg Maffei told some shareholders this week that the satellite company is still interested in buying Pandora. The Post reports Maffei saying, “Sirius would look at [Pandora] at the right price.”

Paterson, New Jersey resident Conroy Dawson is in big trouble with the feds. Dawson's accused of running a pirate radio station called "WBLR - Big Link Radio," at 97.5, and not only refusing to shut it down but trying to dodge the law by moving it to different locations after being warned.

Beasley has promoted Debbie Mazella to Program Director at WMGQ-FM in Central New Jersey. Mazella started her career at WMGQ in 2007 and added APD duties a year later. She'll continue hosting the midday slot on the station. She becomes the first female PD in the station's history and replaces Jeff Rafter.

There's been a lot of national press here in America about what's happening to FM Radio in Norway. Norway is moving to digital broadcasting by shutting down its "national" FM radio broadcasts. That, of course, is followed with the question, could this happen in the U.S.A. NAB Chief Operating Officer Chris Ornelas took on that question in an NAB blog posted Thursday.

That's one of 20 predictions made by the team at BIA/Kelsey in a new report called What’s Next: BIA/Kelsey 2017. BIA/Kelsey Managing Director Rick Ducey predicts national brands will outpace regional and local small and medium-sized businesses in total ad spend growth targeting local audiences.

There has been a lot of information going out to radio stations about BMI and GMR lately. And in the age of digital, the communication is taking place at warp speed. If you are not receiving this important information, information that could affect your wallet, it could be because the RMLC does not have a valid e-mail for you. Take a minute of your time to send an e-mail update to Bill Velez at the RMLC [email protected]

It was certainly a quiet exit for one of radio's most well-liked executives. Not to mention he's probably one of the funniest people that ever walked the halls of a radio convention. Valle confirmed to Radio Ink he's been gone from the company for several months now. Valle switched roles in June from running radio at Univision to President of Political & Advocacy Sales. Here's what he told us last night.