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Today's Headlines January 14, 2011

Westwood One Renews NCAA Deal

Westwood One will continue as the network radio home of the NCAA championships, including the Division 1 basketball championship and Final Four as it renews its deal. Some new championships, including the women's College World Series finals, are added with the new agreement.

Industry

Tucson Funerals Will Be Undisturbed, Thanks To Radio

In return for airtime, a controversial church has agreed not to hold protests at the funerals of the Tucson shooting victims. Westboro Baptist Church will have a forum with Salem Radio Network's Mike Gallagher, and KXXT/Phoenix's Steve Sanchez will give the group airtime to keep them away from the funeral of 9-year-old Christina Green.

Gallenback Named DOS For Beasley/Fayetteville

Tricia Gallenbeck is the newly named director of sales for Beasley Broadcast Group's six-station Fayetteville, NC, cluster.

No 'Money For Nothing' In Canada

Canadian classic rock fans will no longer hear Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" on the radio unedited, now that the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has ruled the 25-year-old song too offensive for the airwaves.

Business

Forbes: Pandora May Threaten CBS Radio

Citing Pandora's aggressive move into the car, Forbes says the streamer poses a particular threat to CBS, where CBS Radio is "one of the company's larger profit drivers."

TargetSpot Raises $8 Million

Internet radio ad network TargetSpot has closed on $8 million in equity financing from CBS Radio, Union Square Venture, Bain Capital, and Milestone Venture Partners.

Convergence Technology

Facebook Adds Amber Alerts

Amber Alerts are now available via Facebook, which has launched new alert pages for each state. "Liking" a page puts alerts for that state into the Facebook member's newsfeed.

Washington

CA Station Gets NAL Over EAS Problems

North County Broadcasting Corp. has received a $6,000 notice of apparent liability for failing to maintain EAS equipment at KFSD-AM/Escondido, CA.

Radio Ink

Mighty Red II: New Features Never Before On ANY Radio

Radio Ink debuts the Mighty Red II, bringing back the little HD radio with mighty HD sound. New features on the Mighty Red II include Artist Experience -- cover art, artist info, and more -- onscreen ads that can be synced with audio, Live Pause, and song and ad Bookmarking. It's a great gift for clients to show them what's really possible with HD Radio. Click the headline to order now.

Get The PastBlast iPad App

PastBlast, the new iPad app from Radio Ink is available now in the Apple App Store. Historical audio, photos, and more from every era of radio's history, with navigation through a beautiful, fully equipped retro radio studio. Click the headline to see it, or get it here.

Radio Pros Available

The economy is slowly turning around, and broadcasters are beginning to hire again. Put your name in front of the industry with a free listing in Radio Pros Available. And we'll be happy to post your aircheck or demo, or a link to your website. Click the headline to learn more.

January 17: Small-Market Heroes: A roundtable of top small-market execs, feauring Riverbend President/GM Jim Burgoyne
Guide to Syndicated Music Programming
Deborah Parenti talks with Broadcast Architecture's Allen Kepler, MannGroup Radio's Ed Mann, and Envision Radio Networks' Danno Wolkoff

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February 7: America's Top Formats and Format Trends
February 21: Focus on Country -- the annual CRS issue
March 7:** The Urban Radio Issue

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