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Red Apple Media is expanding its Long Island presence with the purchase of WLID-AM in Patchogue, NY, and two FM translators in Brentwood from a Spanish-language Christian broadcaster, taking 77WABC and 107.1 WLIR across the South Shore.

American Public Media has received a particularly costly reminder of the FCC’s zero-tolerance stance on improper Emergency Alert System tone use after tones were inadvertently aired across nearly 550 public radio stations in the US in a BBC program.

Bill Velez at the Radio Music License Committee wants the radio industry to know that, as RMLC’s antitrust litigation against GMR plods along, GMR has agreed to offer extensions of its interim licenses that are set to expire on September 30.

Has Amazon just come up with another, unregulated way to come after your ad revenue? The company says Amp, which is in Beta, is a new app that allows users to create live, shared radio shows. The music is licensed from Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and other independent music companies.

The same week as the company completed its merger into "New Sirius," SiriusXM will be facing another challenge related to its royalty rates. Broadcast Music, Inc. took legal steps in its rate court to establish just compensation for its music licenses with SiriusXM.

After 13 years as PD and afternoon drive host at WXLC in Northern Chicago, Haynes Johns and Alpha Media have parted ways. Before WXLC, Johns was with WNND in Columbus for six years as APD/MD and afternoon drive host. He's also worked in Cincinnati, Dayton, and Jackson, MS.

RadioMixes Mixologist Doug Holt (left) died Wednesday in Little Rock according to company CEO Rob Austin (pictured right). Holt was with the company for 10 years. The cause of death was not announced. A GoFundMe page has been set up HERE to help cover medical expenses.

AdLarge, Flightpath, and Sounder have announced a collaboration in the podcast sector. The integration allows AdLarge to utilize Flightpath's Sales Availability Dashboard for campaign planning, enabled by Sounder's expertise in content classification.

Much like Cumulus, iHeartMedia has been trying to restructure its massive debt. And much like Cumulus, it hasn't been easy. This month there was a little back and forth between iHeartMedia and some of its lenders, but the two sides still seem very far apart.

Borrell and Associates will unveil its revised 2020 projection for U.S. local advertising during aN 11:30 AM webinar today. The new forecast shows a 13% decline overall and Borrell says they are not expecting a bounceback in 2021.