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Beasley Media Group is swapping signals in Southwest, FL. Hispanic format Playa, which was heard on WRXK-HD2, moves to WWCN-FM (99.3), a 50,000 watt signal. ESPN Radio returns to the AM dial at 770 (WBCN-AM). Also, Nio Fernandez (pictured) is named Director of Latin Formats.

Alpha Media's 93.1 Katy Country (KMKT-FM) has raised $85,000 in support of law enforcement. The proceeds go to Texoma Back the Badge Foundation.

This year the Uforia Music Series in-person shows will include Livestreams. The first 2021 Uforia Live program is set for June 6.

It was 17 years ago when Clay Travis started ClayNation on Nashville’s 104.5 the Zone with his friend Chad Withrow. They met in an Atlanta bar. The pay was $50 per day and a sponsorship from Otter's Chicken Tenders, but they were talking sports, which is what they loved to do.

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Former New York Congressman Joe Crowley believes radio should pay artists when they air their music. For years the NAB has battled back on that idea. Crowley is the new Chairman of the musicFIRST coalition, an organization that has been hounding radio to pay up. In our interview with Crowley, he goes after radio's biggest companies the hardest. LISTEN

Clay Travis and Buck Sexton are taking over the three hour time slot previously held by Rush Limbaugh. Travis is the host of FOX Sports Radio’s morning program, Outkick The Coverage with Clay Travis. Sexton is a conservative talker and former CIA officer.

Radio Ink is proud to announce that Gordon Smith is the recipient of the 2021 Lifetime Leadership Award. The former two-term senator from Oregon became CEO of the National Associations of Broadcasters in November 2009. He'll be retiring from that position at the end of this year.

And it will be live and in person. The team at the Radio Television Digital News Association say the 2021 leadership retreat in Denver will be "unlike any conference you’ve been to before. It’s all about community, connection, service and leadership."

The Bridge (AC) format at WKIM-FM in Memphis will flip to all-new News Talk 98.9 "The Roar of Memphis," on July 4th. WKIM, which is a 100,000 watt station, will also become the flagship station for the University of Memphis Tigers.