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This is a follow-up to our March 25th story when we reported that 97 Rock Morning Show host Rob Lederman was immediately fired after comparing how he likes his toast to women’s skin tones.

The United Service Organization of Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey (Liberty USO) benefited from the 4th annual Talk Radio 1210 WPHT USO Radiothon. $95,000 was raised during the 12 hour event on the Audacy station.

This was not an unexpected announcement. When he was selected Radio Ink Executive of The Year in January of 2019, NAB CEO Gordon Smith told Radio Ink this would be his final contract with the trade organization. Smith made it official on Wednesday.

The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, Hillsdale College's national, weekend radio show, is now available for distribution via the Salem Radio Network. The show launched in 2019.

Picks Central from Barstool Sports is now being offered by Westwood One. The daily one-hour show airs 3-4 PM ET and is available for delay broadcast.

WUKS-FM is now an Urban AC format. The station was Urban Oldies. PD Kenny J: We're extremely excited to be able to bring an Urban AC format to Fayetteville. The New Smooth R&B and Old School 107.7 JAMZ will super-serve listeners looking for a real Urban AC station.” 

IHeartMedia and Fox are out with the nominees for the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards. The event is set for May 27.

In the April issue of Radio Ink Magazine, mailing out to subscribers this week, we published our 2021 Top 20 Leaders List. Cromwell Media CEO Bud Walters was voted the number one leader in radio by his peers in the industry.

WMYX Milwaukee morning show co-host Elizabeth Kay is recovering after donating a kidney to her mother-in-law. Tuesday night Kay updated listeners on her recovery. She posted to Facebook that naps were her savior now, and her mother-in-law is doing amazingly well. Read more about her life-saving event HERE.

The Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC is partnering with XTRA Sports 1300/KCSF-AM to broadcast every Switchbacks game in 2021. The team is a member of the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.