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WTMJ will roll out its new lineup after the holiday season (January 3) now that Charlie Sykes has ended his 23-year run on the Milwaukee powerhouse. Here's what they have planned...

2017 will see ESPN Radio celebrating its 25th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the network will broadcast an anniversary special on Wednesday, January 4, from 7-9 p.m. It will also be re-aired periodically throughout the year. Keith Olbermann will host, with guests Tony Bruno and Chuck Wilson.

SOS Radio 90.5/Las Vegas doesn’t want any child to feel left out this Christmas. The station partnered with Hope for Prisoners to create 17 personal living room areas for 17 families to eat and open gifts from their incarcerated parent. Twelve of the 17 families were surprised by the parent personally showing up to greet their children with gifts.

A total of 474 brand-new bicycles have been collected by Alpha Media in Fort Dodge, IA, to donate to Operation Christmas: Church Women United and Upper Des Moines Opportunity through the Bikes for Tykes event. Both organizations serve families in several counties in the Fort Dodge area.

Darrick Williams has been named PD for Urban WGZB and Urban A/C Magic WMJM, both in Louisville, both owned by Alpha Media. Williams has 20 years in the business, including DC, Charlotte, Philadelphia, and New York City. He's worked with the likes of Donnie Simpson, Wendy Williams, Steve Harvey, Jay Stevens, Tony Gray, and Skip Dillard.

Alpha will begin broadcasting 710 ESPN Seattle’s “Brock & Salk” on Monday, January 2, weekdays from 9 am – 12 pm. Mike Salk has partnered with former NFL quarterback Brock Huard since the debut of “Brock & Salk” in April 2009, as part of the launch of 710 ESPN Seattle. The duo are also on Radio Ink's upcoming list of Best Local Sports Talkers in America.

In return, the holders of the 2018 senior notes at 10% will receive priority guarantee notes at 11.25%. The new notes will mature on March 1, 2021 and iHeart will pay interest on the new notes March 1 and September 1 of each year. The first interest payment date on the new notes will be March 1, 2017.

On Tuesday, New York’s highest appeals court ruled (READ THE RULING) that companies like SiriusXM do not have to pay to play pre-1972 recordings. The court ruled that New York's common law doesn't protect the public performance of pre-1972 sound recordings.

Attorney Helene Freeman, who recently served as co-counsel in Led Zeppelin’s major US court victory over the rights to "Stairway to Heaven" spoke to Radio Ink about Tuesday's New York Court of Appeals ruling in the Flo & Eddie/SiriusXM case. She says this will probably spell the death knell for efforts to secure performance rights for pre-1972 sound recordings in the courts under existing law. Here's where she thinks this issue should go...

Nielsen told clients today it has has identified the root cause of the PPM meter connectivity issue that has the radio industry rattled about the currency. It's all about "reboot logic." Here's what the ratings firm sent out to clients on Tuesday...