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This one will come as no surprise. Although nothing has been filed with the court yet, SoundExchange has stated it plans to appeal the recently approved CRB webcasting rates that went into effect this past January.

On June 20, Radio Ink will release one of its most popular lists of the year, The 100 Most Influential Women in Radio. One of the 100 very talented women to make the list in 2016 is Sarah Frazier. Frazier is the Market Manager for CBS Radio in Houston. She's been in radio for 18 years and took over running the Houston market for in 2012. Why has she become so successful at running a market? What advice does she have for others hoping to achieve success in radio? Let's find out...

Today NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith will participate on a panel for the White House's "Making Health Care Better Series: Mental Health." In 2013, NAB launched the "OK2Talk" mental health awareness PSA campaign to encourage greater dialogue about mental health issues, especially by families with children.

The E.W. Scripps Company, which owns 34 radio stations in eight markets, has acquired Stitcher for $4.5 million. Over the years, Stitcher has morphed into a platform for podcasts, now providing streaming for more than 65,000 of them. Stitcher will operate as part of Midroll Media, which Scripps purchased about a year ago. Twelve Stitcher employees will join the Midroll team.

CMT and iHeartMedia announced Monday that iHeartCountry will once again serve as the official radio partner of the fan-voted 2016 CMT Music Awards, simulcasting the live show from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 8, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, across more than 115 iHeartCountry music radio stations.

Bruce Collins is taking up the role of Talk Operations Manager over Alpha Media Portland’s KXL, KXTG, KUFO, and Radio Northwest Network. Most recently, Collins served as News/Talk/Sports Format Captain for iHeart Media, as well as a Program Director.

Veteran programmer Mike Love will oversee the 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm syndicated daypart show currently called The Doug Banks Radio Show. Most recently, Love was Urban Sr. Director of Programming and Distribution for Cumulus. He has also programmed or been on the air at WBLS-FM, New York; WPGC-FM, Washington, DC; and KMJMFM St. Louis.

Yes, that Martha Quinn, of MTV fame. iHeartMedia is rebranding KOSF-FM, its 80s station in San Francisco, renaming it "iHeart80s," which is what the company calls its iHeartRadio 80s station. The station was called "BIG 103.7, San Francisco’s Hits of the ‘80s & More." Quinn will host morning drive and the station launched with eight days of commercial-free programming.

Four of the top 11 companies on the Media Monitors weekly chart are in the Auto Parts category. Last week, AutoZone was 7th, airing 22,263 spots on radio stations all across America. O'Reilly was 9th (18,930), NAPA was 10th (18,427), and Advance was 11th (18,029). The Home Depot took the top spot again (71,630) followed by GEICO (41,638) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (31,360).

Over the weekend, WTOP was honored with eight Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards, including an Outstanding Website award for WTOP.com. Director of News and Programming Mike McMearty said, “We have such a great team here at WTOP and are so thrilled to be able to share in these successes together." Here's the long list of awards the station took home...