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The former ESPN NBA Analyst is now with FOX Sports Radio. Chris Broussard will make frequent appearances across the 24-7 sports radio network as a guest and contributor, and he'll launch the first of two weekend programs this Saturday. Co-hosted by FSR personality Brian Noe, the duo will broadcast from 5 to 8 p.m. PT on 200 stations nationwide.

ESPN play-by-play man Brent Musburger was honored by WFUV 90.7 FM at “On the Record: A Celebration of Achievement in News and Sports Broadcasting” at the Fordham University School of Law on November 9.

DGital Media and Sports Illustrated have announced the latest addition to their partnership, The Seth Davis Podcast, which will launch November 15.

Already you hear and read about the possibility that Commissioner Ajit Pai could take over as Chairman after Thomas Wheeler leaves his post. And Pai has been extremely friendly to radio.

Triton Digital reports streaming continues to see steady growth when compared to a year ago. Both streaming pureplays and AM/FM broadcasters showed growth during the Monday-Friday 6a-8p daypart and the Monday-Sunday 6a-midnight daypart. The Sports format showed the largest listening gains up 16.9 percent, followed by News/Talk at 4.0 percent. Check out the September Triton ranker HERE.

In his latest blog, Tracy Johnson Media Group founder Tracy Johnson says, love him or hate him, Donald Trump is the winner. And Johnson believes there are lessons that can be learned from the Trump victory on Tuesday and incorporated into a radio show.

Revenue for iHeartMedia in Q3 came in at $857 million, compared to $847 million in 2015. The slight increase was attributed to political revenue, growth in the network business, more revenue from syndication -- specifically the news/talk format which benefits from a heated election -- and iHeart's traffic and weather divisions. More revenue is also coming in from events, including the iHeartRadio Music Festival which was held in September.

The CEO of your lobbying organization, Gordon Smith, sent out the following statement the morning after...

iHeartMedia CFO Richard Bressler said the company does thousands of events every year across its hundreds of radio stations, calling it an important part of the company's "embedded sales strategy," and they do produce revenue.

That's how many registered users the app now has, according to CFO Richard Bressler. Despite that big number and the planned January roll-out of two paid on-demand services on the app, Bressler says digital listening remains secondary to radio...