 | |  | | |  |  | | | | | As Regent emerges from Chapter 11, all of its FCC licenses move into the Regent Trust as those transfers, approved earlier by the FCC, closed Tuesday. The trust has entered into an LMA with Regent in all markets while awaiting the FCC's final OK for license transfers to the restructured Regent. | |  Mexico's Grupo Radio Centro reports that its broadcasting revenues rose 6.7 percent in the first quarter, with the increase credited to the company's KXOS/Los Angeles, which GRC operates under an LMA with Emmis. But GRC saw a net loss in the quarter, largely due to increased operating expenses related to KXOS. | |  Univision Radio partners with the Miami Dolphins for Spanish radio broadcast rights, and Univision's WQBA-AM becomes the Dolphins' Spanish-language flagship with the deal. | | | Regional Reps signs an exclusive representation agreement for Star Radio Group's four stations in Fredericksburg, VA. | | | ADVERTISEMENT -- REALTORS® spend $1 billion annually to market their services and 30% are ready to buy radio! See the video from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Annual Conference. Read more. | |  | | Industry | |  | | Sponsored by  |  Radio Ink's Tech Ink names the winners of the inaugural Tech Ink Innovation Awards. The awards go to newly introduced products, services, and technologies that meet broadcast needs in a uniquely useful fashion. | |  Jules Riley joins Folger Media as a media consultant. Riley is a programming vet who was the first PD of Adult Hits WARH-FM (The Arch)/St. Louis. | | | Washington, DC-area WMET-AM/Gaithersburg, MD, will relaunch May 5 as the newest affiliate of Guadalupe Radio Network's 24/7 Catholic programming. | | | ADVERTISEMENT -- When searching for a text messaging company to drive revenue and listener engagement, Jennifer Touchette, CBS Interactive Sales Manager, WPGC-FM, CBS - Washington D.C, says hire a firm that will train sellers, offer instructive case studies and can turn creative briefs into sellable programs within 48 hours. Learn more. | | | | Washington | | | | Sponsored by  | | The FCC's Media Bureau issues a notice of apparent liability in the amount of $10,000 to Saga Communications of New England for unknowingly falsely certifying that a translator had been built in accordance with its permit. | | | |
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May 3: Spring Talk Radio Focus, with intensely controversial Texas-based talker Alex Jones.
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