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Matt Leucking (pictured) worked for Emmis' WTHI in Terre Haute. Police found Leucking’s body in his apartment Monday morning after making a wellness check. They knew right away they were dealing with a homicide. The cause of his death has not yet been released but three arrests have already been made in the case.

CBS Radio has chosen Radiate Media as its new broadcast content traffic partner, effective April 1, 2017. Radiate Media will supply CBS Radio stations with customized traffic data for its over-the-air stations, operating in 26 markets as well as on corresponding station websites. CBS Radio has been using iHeartMedia's Total Traffic product for the last 10 years.

Bringing CBS Radio's 117 radio stations into the Radiate Media fold is certainly a big deal. CBS had been locked into a 10-year deal with Total Traffic & Weather which is owned by iHeartMedia. Radiate Media formed as an independent company back in 2011 and today provides over 1,000 radio stations, including every Cumulus station, with traffic information.

The radio stations are WCYM-FM in Attica, WBPE-FM in Brookston, and WAZY-FM and WSHY-AM in Lafayette. Artistic Media Partners is selling the stations to Lafayette TV. Artistic also owns WDND-AM in South Bend, IN. Lafayette TV is an Indiana-based company headed by Bill Christian and Mike Reed. KALIL & CO. was the broker on the deal.

The syndicated morning duo will replace Brian Peck on Hubbard's WSHE-FM as of November 14. Brooke & Jubal is syndicated by Premiere Networks in partnership with Hubbard Radio. Premiere began its syndication of Brooke & Jubal in March, and Chicago is their largest market to date.

One of modern baseball’s most famous games is going to air again. The New York Mets’ radio flagship, 710 WOR-AM/New York, will re-air the entire radio broadcast of Game 7 of the 1986 World Series between the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox, to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

The 9th Annual Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner Radiothon was held Friday, October 21 in the Alamo Lounge and the accompanying radiothon raised over $131,000 to go towards the largest Thanksgiving dinner in the country.

The streaming pure-play is banking on the fact that millions of American consumers, who've gotten into the habit of not paying much, if anything at all, for music, will pay a monthly fee for their service. And Pandora CEO Tim Westergren is very confident he has the product those consumers will pay for.

Triton Digital released its ranker for August 2016 and the company says, when compared to July 2016, the Sports format showed the largest listening gain with a 12.9 percent increase in Average Active Sessions, followed by Adult Contemporary (12.7%), Country (10.5%), Classic Rock (9.9%), and Top 40 (CHR) (7.6%). Check out the full August 2016 Triton Digital ranker HERE.

Hubbard Radio COO Drew Horowitz is one of the most well respected executives in the radio industry today. His rise to COO is one many young broadcasters would be wise to study. It's ripe with hard work, focus, drive and a commitment to winning.