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As more public companies report earnings, it certainly will be interesting to see how well they are doing with political advertising revenue. Last week, Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan said he was disappointed so far, and the report from Media Monitors each week isn't very encouraging.

The exact dollar amount was not revealed but it was big enough for NABOB to issue a press release. The release states that the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters "is very pleased to announce that the Democratic National Committee has placed an exclusive ad buy in support of the Hillary Clinton campaign with NABOB member stations." Forty stations will be part of the buy this month.

While The Home Depot (56,168 spots) and GEICO (39,708 spots) switched places on the Media Monitors chart this past week, Walmart made a huge jump from 56th to 7th by airing 20,000 commercials on radio stations all across the country.

Alpha Media's KZEN held a Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon and raised $15,887. Market Manager, Lisa Cherry said, “Behind every dark cloud is a ray of sunshine. The volunteers here at Alpha Media, Columbus, did their best to spread hope and sunshine to those needing it at the Children’s Hospital in Omaha.”

Trey Morgan is headed to Dallas/Fort Worth to co-host mornings on 99.5 The Wolf/KPLX. He will join longtime 99.5 morning co-host Lisa Taylor on the Wake Up with the Wolf morning show.

Riggins is the new VP of Programming for the Ace & TJ Network. Riggins has been with the show for more than a decade where he has worked his way from intern to this new executive position. In addition to producing responsibilities and social media development, Riggins has also been a performer on the show.

Cox Media Group in Tampa has promoted Megan Caldwell to Digital Sales Manager. Prior to being promoted, Caldwell was Digital Media Strategist working with CMG Tampa’s digital clients.

Lon Helton, KKBQ in Houston, WUBE in Cincinnati, and KTTS in Springfield are among the winners that will be recognized at “The 50th Annual CMA Awards,” on November 2nd in Nashville. Here's the complete list of who won.

Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Dave Ramsey hosted his Smart Conference to a packed crowd in Atlanta Saturday night. His event was held at the North Point Community Church.

CEO Jeff Smulyan has offered Emmis shareholders $4.10 per share in his third attempt to take the company private. He's now given the committee the company has put together to consider that offer a third extension, until this Friday. Last week during Emmis' quarterly earnings Smulyan said the discussions have been productive and they are making "good progress."