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Michael Wright was sentenced to 21 months in prison for his role in the ponzi scheme that brought down former WFAN co-host Craig Carton. Wright diverted $2 million from investors to pay his own bills.

If you’re not already excited about next month’s NAB Show, this should do the trick. The “In-Vehicle Experience” is a new exhibit located in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Last Thursday was pretty scary for Lonnie Strauss, the morning show host for Sunrise Broadcasting in Wausau WI. At 6 a.m., Strauss was attempting to clear snow off the station's satellite dish when he stepped and fell into four feet of the white stuff. He became disoriented, couldn't stand up, and was having a hard time moving. Then, his pants froze.

Radio is always there for St. Jude and the latest station to pitch in is L.A. rocker 95.5 KLOS. The station raised $856,130 for the children's research hospital with their recent radiothon.

News/Talk station KGO 810/San Francisco has added three veteran talk show hosts -- Mark Thompson, Pat Thurston, and John Rothman -- to give their programming a makeover.

Elvis Duran announced his new memoir, Where Do I Begin? Stories (I Sort of Remember) From a Life Lived Out Loud, on the TODAY Show.

Today WHO-AM in Des Moines is celebrating International Women’s Day by broadcasting an all-women lineup featuring back-to-back female on-air personalities and hosts on all local programming throughout the day. 

Erroll Reese is the co-host of the Sports Shop morning show on Capitol Broadcasting's sports radio station in Raleigh. Channel 11 in Raleigh is reporting that Reese lost 8 family members in the deadly tornado Sunday, the youngest family member was 14.

Van Riggs is the Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia in Alabama. iHeart's facility is in Opelika, AL, which is right on the city limit line with Auburn. It's also about 15 miles north from where the killer tornado touched down this past Sunday.

Is the revenue tide turning for radio? After another Q4 earnings call, we have yet another happy radio CEO. With a nice kiss from political revenue in the fourth quarter of 2018, Urban One turned in a healthy 4.1% increase to end the year. That was highlighted by a 16.5% boost from the radio division.