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And that translates to $1.3 billion, a record quarter for the satellite broadcaster. The company now expects full-year 2016 revenues to be approximately $5 billion.

The company added 345,000 net new subscribers during Q3 to edge closer to the 31 million subscriber mark. Self-pay net additions were 385,000 during the third quarter, resulting in self-pay total subscribers of 25.5 million. By the end of 2016, the company expects net self-pay subscriber additions of approximately 1.6 million and total net subscriber additions of approximately 1.7 million. CEO Jim Meyer said there are now 91 million automobiles on the road with SiriusXM installed and that included a 73% penetration rate in the third quarter.

The Christian broadcaster and publisher announced Thursday that it has acquired Mike Turner's Signal Investor, Quick Hit Trader, and TurnerTrends Tools, as well as the website www.TurnerTrends.com. 

The Conclave, which celebrates 41 years in 2017, has announced its conference dates for 2017, which will be July 26-28 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Minneapolis - Park Place. The early registration rate of $199 is available now until January 2, 2017. To register, and for more information, GO HERE.

A big shout-out for the KBAY team that walked for donations in the San Jose Walk to End Alzheimer’s on October 8. They raised $5,000. It was the fourth year that midday host, Jona Denz-Hamilton led a team of listeners in the walk that this year raised close to $1.2 million total, making San Jose third in the nation for the most donations.

Top 40/Rhythmic WWKX-FM, HOT 106 in Providence has a new morning show featuring native Rhode Islanders Bekah Berger and Mike D.

Westwood One is serving up Country duo LOCASH for Thanksgiving. The pair will host an all-star Thanksgiving special called "A Thanksgiving Weekend Celebration" with LOCASH. The special will include cuts from their new album The Fighters, music from their A-list friends, and bountiful holiday memories.

Stephanie Callihan is the Vice President and General Manager for Entercom in Austin. She started her radio career as an assistant to an account executive and worked her way up to NSM, GSM, DOS and then finally market manager. Her colleagues says she is a true radio professional.

That's what we're hearing from several industry sources, but of course those things can change when the government is involved. It was July 19 when Beasley announced it was purchasing the 21 Greater Media stations in 7 markets for $240 million Dollars. Since then Beasley has been putting its new corporate team in place and last month divested 4 stations in Charlotte to Entercom for $24 million.

We get questions. Boy do we get questions. With the amount of managers, executives, and hosts we talk to on a daily basis, great questions pop up from the people in the field doing radio's heavy lifting all the time. And when that happens we turn to the experts, those who have a proven track record of success in our industry, who we know are going to give you the best advice possible.