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Mike Savage (pictured) is the General Manager at WBAA in Lafayette, Indiana. Savage says, as of August, WBAA will no longer carry NPR's This American Life because the show will be distributed on Pandora. Savage says that is inconsistent with the mission of Public Radio. He also says host Ira Glass is being disingenuous about what he's trying to do.

The host of This American Life was quick to respond to Mike Savage's decision to drop his program. Glass says he sees things differently, and going on Pandora was not some cynical play for money.

The Sports Buffet is hosted by the voice of the University of Texas sports, Craig Way, and UT Football and NFL veteran Rod Babers. iHeartMedia is expanding the show with the addition of a studio in San Antonio and adding a simulcast of the show on The Ticket 760 in that market.

ABC Radio VP and GM Steve Jones makes the announcement that Goldberg has been named the midday Information Network anchor for ABC News Radio, filling the role previously held by Cheri Preston. Preston took over the morning drive anchor duties for the ABC News Radio Information Network. Goldberg will anchor national newscasts during middays each weekday.

Austin is moved up to the newly created position of Corporate Director of Programming for Delmarva Broadcasting. He'll now be responsible for everything that goes out over the air on all none of the company's radio stations. He'll also keep his job as Operations Manager for WXCY-FM in Wilmington, DE.

As the court case began in Texas Monday, a group of iHeart's bondholders made a proposal to the company which includes in the "permitted investment" column iHeartMedia not being able to use Broader Media or CC Finco for future financial transactions, among many other items. iHeartMedia made a counter proposal,

Airing 29,316 commercials on radio stations all over America, Burger King jumped to third on the weekly Media Monitors spot chart behind Home Depot (53,196) and GEICO (43,083), which both held on to their number one and two spots respectively. AutoZone moved to fourth, from 10th, airing 26,597 commercials, and McDonald's was fifth with 26,564. Sprint moved into the eighth position, up from number 79, with a strong week running just under 23,000 ads.

Last year, WOWO Radio in Fort Wayne, Indiana, celebrated 90 years of broadcasting with an on-air documentary and live show featuring present and previous personalities. This week, the radio documentary surrounding the history of WOWO was launched on the WOWO website. It's a seven-part series that kicks off with episode number one focusing on the early years between 1925 and 1940. A new episode will be posted every Monday.

David Goodman is Ace & TJ’s longtime manager. He becomes the CEO and President of the Radio Button Network, which the two Charlotte-based syndicated hosts launched last week.

Reuters is reporting iHeartMedia has brought in restructuring advisory firm Millstein & Company "to help it evaluate options for its debt, including buying some of it back." The company previously brought on investment bank Moelis & Co. as a financial adviser. iHeartmedia has $21 billion in debt. iHeart, then Clear Channel, was taken private for $26.7 billion in 2008. iHeartMedia had no comment about the Millstein & Company report in Reuters.