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Julia Lepidi is the new evening drive host for B96 (WBBM-FM) in Chicago, on-air weekdays from 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. CT, beginning January 28. Most recently, Lepidi served as on-air host and Promotions Coordinator for sister station 987 The Breeze in Detroit.

The first annual iHeartRadio Podcast Awards are being held tonight at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles beginning at 8 p.m. PT. Winners will be announced in 22 categories.

It's called 'Car View' and the goal of the new app is to make using Spotify easier while in the vehicle. When users connect to their car’s Bluetooth, the car view is enabled automatically as music or podcasts start playing.

Mary Rogers has been appointed Vice President and Director of Sales for Entercom Dallas. For the past six years, Rogers worked for Cox Media Group in San Antonio where she was also D.O.S.

710 WOR/New York will debut WOR Tonight with Joe Concha & Lis Wiehl, on February 4. The program will broadcast weekdays, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

FOX Sports Radio's Outkick The Coverage with Clay Travis has reached a broadcast milestone of 300 affiliates.

Nicole Sandler has a very impressive resume, as you'll see. You would think at least one radio station would want to tap into her vast experience. When she posted on Facebook, Wednesday, that she believed she wasn't getting her calls returned because of her age, we took notice.

Radio Ink's 2019 Future African American Leaders in Radio list is coming in February. You have until Friday at 5 p.m. to make your nomination HERE.

Eric Zane was once flying high as part of the Free Beer & Hot Wings syndicated morning show. After 15 years on the show he wore out his welcome and they let him go. Then in 2016, Cumulus hired him to host mornings in Grand Rapids. Earlier this year, he lost that job.

The NAB will honor Alpha's KFOR-AM/Lincoln, NE, with the Crystal Heritage Award at the NAB Show in Las Vegas this April. The Heritage Award recognizes stations that have won a total of five Crystal Radio Awards for exceptional year-round community service.