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Alpha Media, West Palm Beach, changed WMEN from Fox Sports 640 to 640 The Hurricane over the holiday weekend. The station will still be an all-sports Fox affiliate, but the station now says it will "carry more edge and attitude."

CKLW in Windsor got a blast of votes over the holiday weekend taking the lead back from WKBW in Buffalo in our poll of The Greatest Top 40 Radio Stations of all time. Cast your vote now. Your top 10 choices will appear in the July 24 issue of Radio Ink, right next to the top picks from Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels.

That’s according to the independent analysts at Great Place to Work® who made it official with their certification. And they came to the decision thanks to the Salem Media Group employees themselves who provided their ratings in anonymous surveys.

More from the Ryvicker note where she states that there are concerns with the integration given "CBS Radio's underperformance." She writes, "CBS Radio's underperformance vs. the industry and Entercom seems to have resulted from poor management vs. station portfolio or brand." And she believes Entercom can turn that around within 12 months.

In a 10K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, former Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey provided more detail about his upcoming plans with his company Modern Media Acquisition. The company launched an IPO in May and banked $207 Million. It's expected Dickey will use that money, at some point, to purchase some sort of media company which may, or may not, involve radio. Here's the plan for MMA, according to the 10K filing...

The Commission went on an East Coast pirate hunt and turned up the heat on four homeowners and one church, Thursday, giving them 10 days to explain why they are operating illegal radio stations. Florida and Massachusetts appear to be a nice little settling ground for pirates. How the church pastor responded to the FCC about the station will surely make you chuckle.

Everyone here at Radio Ink would like to wish all of our faithful readers a happy and safe 4th of July weekend. We'll be taking off the holiday off as well, enjoying the beach and the barbeque. Your headlines will return at 3:59 a.m. Wednesday morning, July 5. If breaking news happens, of course, we'll deliver it to you pronto.

KDKA midday talker Mike Pintek announced on his show Thursday that he has inoperable pancreatic cancer. Pintek said the cancer has spread to his liver and possibly to other areas of his body. While the cancer is not operable now, doctors hope chemotherapy will shrink the tumor enough to make it operable. You can listen to his statement HERE.

The name of the new Hip Hop, R&B, and Rhythmic iHeart station in Philadelphia is Real 106.1, which replaces the Hot AC format the station was carrying. Chio in the Morning, which has been airing on the station for 14 years, will continue with the new format. iHeart will now go head-to-head with Radio One’s Jenkintown, PA-licensed “Boom 103.9” WPHI-FM.

iHeartMedia has signed Alt 98.7 LA morning man Woody to a new 5-year deal that includes Premiere launching The Woody Show into national syndication. Woody is a 20-year radio vet who's worked in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis, and Portland. He joined iHeart three years ago.