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CBS-owned WFAN in New York is adding more games to its 2016-2017 NHL coverage. Thirty New York Islanders games are being added, in addition to WFAN being the flagship station for the New Jersey Devils.

Again! 103.7 Q Country radio morning host Chris Allinger is a huge supporter of the Food Bank’s BackPack Program™ (Tompkins County, in New York State), which helps children at risk of hunger. For the past four years Chris has walked to each town in the county, raising $100,000 in the process. This year he tried something different...

Fred and Paul Jacobs have attended CES in Las Vegas for the past 8 years. This year they are taking radio CEO's on a tour of the massive show. Paul Jacobs says, “The key is helping radio broadcasting’s leadership see how technology will shape the future of the industry, and their companies.”

That's the word from the coroner regarding the death of 31-year old Stephanie Ollinger. The Stevens-Point Journal reports the autopsy found no obvious cause of death. Ollinger died mysteriously while celebrating her wedding anniversary at a cabin when her husband found her "already gone." Ollinger worked for NRG's WYTE-FM 106.5, which airs in the Stevens Point and Wausau markets.

Colonial Media and Entertainment announced Tuesday that WFAY AM/FM, an ESPN affiliate, would not broadcast Eastern Carolina's football game against South Florida on Saturday after 19 band members took a knee while playing the National anthem before the team’s game against Central Florida last weekend. If you were the GM of the station, would you cancel the broadcast of the game?

Late last month iHeart asked senior debtholders to allow the company the flexibility to increase its debt – in the future if it chooses to – by $500 million to $17.3 billion. On Tuesday, iHeart announced it received the approval it was asking for. The noteholders will receive $8.6 million in return. Read the press release HERE.

Broker Larry Patrick fills us in on the $4.5 million sale of five small-market stations in Pennsylvania being sold by First Media to Seven Mountains. Yesterday, we told you about Forever Media picking up WCEI-FM in Easton, Maryland, from First Media for $6.5 million cash.

The well-respected and highly accomplished Kevin Weatherly is staying on with CBS Radio for several more years. A contract extension with CBS Radio was announced Tuesday that will keep Weatherly in his role as Senior Vice President of Programming, CBS RADIO, and Program Director of Los Angeles’ KROQ-FM, KAMP-FM, and KCBS-FM.

In an interview highlighting his new deal with CBS, Kevin Weatherly explains to Forbes contributor Steve Baltin why brands like KROQ in L.A. are still very important to big-time artists like Sting, U2, and Coldplay despite the media's love affair with streaming companies.

Earlier this year, after sitting in a trust since 2011, KFWB-AM was sold to Universal Media Access for $8 million. On Tuesday, it was announced that the station, which was carrying a South Asian format, was being purchased by Howard and Jim Kalmenson's Lotus Communications for $11.2 million.