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It's called "A Man and His Medium,"and Hastings tells Radio Ink it's a memoir of Alan Henry and he helped Henry write it. The book includes information about talk radio in Los Angeles from the early 1960s and extensive information on the development of the all-news radio format. The book should be available later this week.

Two first-place awards and two third-place awards at the Florida Festival and Events Association 2016 Sunsational Awards for their Our Kids World Family Funfest, to be precise. The Funfest is a two-day event with a wide array of games and activities, including bounce houses, rock-climbing walls, a mini racetrack, a petting zoo, and pony rides.

CBS RADIO St. Louis stations KMOX–AM and KYKY-HD3 are the latest affiliates to carry Kansas City Chiefs games for the 2016 season. The Chiefs Radio Network now has a total of 75 affiliates, one of the largest networks in the NFL, and providing Chiefs coverage across 12 Midwest states.

As previously reported by Radio Ink, NPR affiliate was recently saved by Friends of 88.5 FM. Now, to mark its “new life,” the station has assumed new call letters: KNKX. The four letters represents “Connects” and comes after listeners were called on to submit their call-letter ideas.

Jack Hammer and Andre Kane love creating great content on the radio. They love entertaining, and they love putting in the hard work, day after day, doing whatever it takes to make it in this business. Hammer and Kane host a syndicated morning show called The Electric Radio Show.

Bill Cate of Media Services Group fills us in on Monte Spearman’s latest deal. Spearman owns High Plains Radio Network and he's adding two more Arkansas signals to his growing portfolio of small-market stations. Arkansas broadcasters Jim and Nancy Howe are selling the stations for $475,000. These are the only two stations they owned.

This is a follow-up to a story we've been following since June when it was announced that syndicated host Kane (Peter Deibler) was arrested and accused of second-degree assault by his wife, who he's in a nasty divorce battle with.

Robert Davi is taking over Jerry Doyle's syndicated radio slot at TRN Enterprises. Doyle passed away unexpectedly at the age of 60 last month.

The NAB Marconi Radio Awards dinner is Thursday night, September 22, at the Radio Show in Nashville. Thanks to the Big Machine Record Label, Jennifer Nettles will be performing during the event.