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WZRR-FM officially launched as Talk 99.5, Birmingham’s Real Talk, Tuesday morning. The former NASH Icon station features a live and local lineup from 6AM-6PM and network programming from 6PM-6AM. Here is the new Talk 99.5 lineup...

1540AM KGBC, owned by Siga Broadcasting, has flipped the station in Galveston/Houston to the BizTalkRadio network. Daily shows on BizTalkRadio include Experience Pros, The Ray Lucia Show, Business Rockstars, The Big Biz Show, The Big Pitch Radio Show, Investor’s Edge, and The Frankie Boyer Show.

Sammy Hagar, “The Red Rocker,” will now have all network functions for his show Sammy Hagar’s Top Rock Countdown handled by United Stations Radio Networks.

A big win for iHeartMedia in court Tuesday as Texas State District Judge Cathleen Stryker ruled Broader Media, a subsidiary iHeartMedia created and transferred Clear Channel outdoor shares into, is allowed. The transfer of shares gives radio's biggest company more flexibility to deal with its $20 Billion in debt.

The FCC's Enforcement Bureau has entered into a Consent Decree to resolve its investigation into whether Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting violated a long list of the Commission’s rules, including failing to maintain a full-time management and staff presence at the main studio of two of its stations during regular business hours, and making those stations available for inspection by an FCC agent.

There are only three candidates remaining in the run for President and according to Media Monitors none of them are really using radio at this time.

The not guilty verdict in the Edward Nero trial was a major focus of WBAL's content Monday, in both the station's news and local talk shows. WBAL PD Scott Masteller tells Radio Ink, due to the excellent coverage the station was providing the community, WBAL host C4 (pictured) appeared on Bill O'Reilly's program Monday night on the Fox News Channel.

We don't expect an official announcement until Tuesday morning, however, after some stunting with rock music, the former Nash Icon station in Birmingham is expected to flip to Talk. In fact, the "Talk 99.5" website is already up and lists talk shows with Dale Jackson, Matt Murphy, Richard Dixon, and others. Nash Icon launched on WZZR-FM in August of 2014. At least for now it's being called "99.5 The South."

iHeartMedia's 1470 ESPN Deportes will launch Thursday in Allentown. Programming will include play-by-play coverage of the Phillies and Eagles games, and sports talk shows, including Jorge Ramos y su Banda, which provides soccer analysis, Raza Deportiva, and Firma ESPN, the network’s morning show.

Voting for the 2016 National Radio Hall of Fame Inductees is now underway. The 24 nominations in six categories were determined by the organization’s nominating committee. Inductees will be announced July 11. The induction ceremony will be held Thursday, November 17, at the Museum of Broadcast and Communications in downtown Chicago. Here are the 2016 nominees...