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Emmis & Sprint Move Toward FM-Enabled Smartphones

In a move to get consumers listening to local FM radio over their smartphones, station owner Emmis Communications has been working on an industry-wide deal that will provide Sprint with $45 million worth of advertising on participating stations over three years in exchange for the embedding of an FM chip in 30 million phones.  CEO Jeff Smulyan told analysts the phones could be coming to market within 60 days, writes  Leslie Stimson.

 

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