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iHeartMedia San Francisco has launched Real Talk 910 featuring a programming lineup including Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartman, and Norman Goldman, along with consumer expert Clark Howard. The previous format was ESPN Deportes. From 2004 to 2007 the station was Progressive Talk KQKE-AM (The Quake).

A full roster of ESPN talent, along with the regionally syndicated David Glenn Show, is now airing on 92.9 FM/880 AM/1400 AM in Asheville. Previously, iHeart was airing Progressive Talk on 92.9-FM and 880-AM. That format moved over to 101.1-FM.

Sun Broadcast Group announced that their weekend country dance show, Country Fried Mix with DJ Sinister, has launched  Country Fried Quick Mix -- 10-minute, daily mixes available immediately. To celebrate the launch of the CFM Quick Mix, Sun Broadcast Group is offering stations a Fourth of July edition totally commercial free.

(By Brian Winnekins) I read the recent Radio Ink article about how an agency feels about radio, and from a small-station owner's standpoint I felt the need to respond. I have to say that what the California agency said about how station reps and managers have treated them is sad and makes me upset for many reasons. I was taught early in my career that relationships matter. 

On June 8, Westwood One News received the Sigma Delta Chi award for breaking news coverage of last year's mass shooting in Las Vegas. The award was presented at the Society of Professional Journalists dinner at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

New Country 92.3 afternoon team Stacey and Jonah set themselves a goal of raising $20,000 for “Got Your Six” to purchase a service dog for a local vet suffering from PTSD. “Got Your Six” Support Dogs was developed out of the need of veterans and first-responders requesting PTSD service dogs, when all other methods of treatment have failed. 

The students at Seton Hall University’s WSOU-FM just completed a clothing drive for the Our Lady of the Sioux Church on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The clothing will benefit members of the Oglala Lakota community, as well as others on the reservation.

Dr. David Samadi, M.D., Chairman of Urology and Chief of Robotic Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, has a new weekly show, Saturdays at 7 a.m. ET on 710 WOR-AM/New. The 30-minute program is called Men's Health with Dr. Samadi.

(By Bob McCurdy) Last week I touched upon the concept of annoying people by over-exposing them to the same commercials and the negative impact it can have on an ad campaign.

(By Jeff McHugh) Audiences in the U.S. today are more divided than ever. Many media hosts struggle with how to discuss certain controversial stories, and wonder if they should discuss them at all. But there will come a day when a touchy topic is too big to ignore.