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Dave Lee has been a Minnesota radio mainstay for more than three decades on WCCO Radio News Talk 830. When the morning show host bids farewell Friday, it will be a humble moment for a guy with humble beginnings.

Former Long Island Radio Broadcasting GM Stephanie McNamara Bitis had her sentencing delayed another month. Attorney's and the judge spent over an hour going back and forth on restitution, which is in the hundreds of thousands, and still could'nt come up with a dollar amount they could all agree on.

iHeartMedia New York and the Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp raised more than $4,000 to aid performance venues impacted by COVID restrictions. The virtual Q104.3’s Backstage Pass event celebrated the 50th anniversary of the band Wings.

Enrique Santos and iHeartMedia have reached a new five-year agreement. Santos will continue as President/Chief Creative Officer of iHeartLatino and continue his nationally syndicated shows.

This time we get the good news from SiriusXM which reported an overall increase of 5% on revenue of $2 Billion in the first quarter. Advertising revenue was up 24%. CEO Jennifer Witz said it was a great performance "across the board" for the company.

All Things Considered debuted on May 3, 1971. 'ATC' creator Bill Siemering and former co-host Susan Stamberg look back on the early years of the network, NPR's mission, and Stamberg's pioneering role as the first woman to anchor a daily national news program in America. LISTEN

In his latest column, Intergr8 Research's Matt Bailey says for the most part the #1 job of radio programmers is not to break things. Then, he adds, there are times when the only way to fix things is to break things. Matt believes now is the time to start breaking things.

Back in March we reported that former KFWR-FM Fort Worth host Justin Frazell was facing sexual assault accusations from a teen that allegedly took place at a New Years Eve party at his home. CBS TV is reporting Frazell is being accused of a second incident with the teen.

Beasley's 94.7 WCSX-FM morning show personalities Big Jim & Ryan from Big Jim’s House will drive 300 miles on an Ultimate Restaurant Road Trip. The trip will be from Detroit to St. Ignace, Michigan to help raise money for Veterans.

Meet Erica Mandy. Today Erica is running a multiple six-figure podcast business and taking home more money than she made working for the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles. And she is also now one of the most successful podcasters in the space.