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That's the total of all five executives, according to an SEC filing Tuesday, as the company gets ready for its annual shareholders meeting on June 1 in Oakland. Former CEO Brian McAndrews (pictured) was top earner taking home $6.5 million.

Jim Brandt is the new Senior VP for Digital at Gen Media partners. Before joining Gen Media Partners, Brandt was a Senior VP for Sprinkle and, before that, held a similar position at NTENT. He also worked at Interep Interactive. He's also worked at Viacom and Vivendi Universal.

More eyeballs have viewed our stories on this issue and more comments posted than any other story we've run over the past several years. Edison Research's report that consumers change stations on radio 22 times per commute was quickly turned into a White Paper by Pandora looking to boost its credibility with advertisers. The radio industry returned volley with several articles claiming the Edison research was flawed and providing its own data pointing out just how strong radio has been over the years and remains today. We've put it all together for you here in this story in case you've missed any of it.

SiriusXM issued a press release Monday that said it added 465,000 net new subscribers in the first quarter of 2016, resulting in a new total of 30.1 million subs as of the end of Q1. That's a record for the company. Self-pay net additions were 348,000 in the quarter, resulting in a self-pay subscriber base of 24.6 million at quarter's end. SiriusXM reports first-quarter revenue on April 28, 2016.

Banks was suffering from diabetes, however no official cause of death was announced. He was syndicated by American Urban Radio Networks. Banks' good friend Tom Joyner said, "Doug Banks wasn't just my turntable brother, he was my other brother! We did this back when urban radio made itself the best thing on the air -- and we made each other better. Chicago, radio, and afternoons will never be the same. I miss him and what we shared together." Here Banks is pictured with Tom Joyner and Steve Harris in 1996 when all three worked at ABC Radio Networks.

Media Monitors has been keeping an eye on what the candidates have been doing in 82 major markets, and from April 1 to April 10, radio did not see much from either party. Bernie Sanders ran 1,107 spots with another 25 spots added by the National Nurses United Patient Protection. Hillary Clinton ran 346 radio spots with Donald Trump airing even fewer, only 168. Ted Cruz ran 59 commercials while the Trusted Leadership PAC added only 3 spots giving him 62 total spots.

A public hearing was held on Saturday for a 328-home neighborhood in Bethesda that is home to four WMAL towers. Toll Brothers is planning to buy the land from Cumulus and build the homes. Bethesda Magazine reports 150 residents showed up for the hearing where some neighbors weren't buying the traffic projections the developers were pitching. Cumulus is hoping to bank $75 to $90 million from the land if the homes are approved and the sale goes through.

Darci Ewell has been named Senior VP of Sales for iHeart's San Antonio and Austin region. Ewell joined iHeartMedia in Colorado Springs/Pueblo in January 2014 as VP of Sales, and most recently served as Market President.

Earlier in his career, Camfield worked for CBS Radio in New York as K-Rock’s afternoon drive host. He then returned to the UK to host mornings on Xfm. He has also hosted shows for VH-1 and MTV2.