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WTMJ Milwaukee host Charlie Sykes will step away from his daily radio show at the end of 2016. For 23 years, Sykes has hosted mid-mornings on WTMJ and has been one of the most listened-to talk show hosts in the Midwest. Here's why Sykes is walking away from the mic...

MLB's National League Division Series begins Friday and five CBS Radio stations will host live broadcasts from Wrigley Field that morning.

The name of the webcast is "FM Chips in Smartphones: An Evolving Landscape." It's being hosted by the NAB's PILOT program from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. The guests will include NextRadio President Paul Brenner, Commonwealth CEO Steve Newberry and Skip Pizzi and David Layer from the NAB.

CASA is a national nonprofit organization which trains and supports volunteers to speak out and act as advocates for the best interests of abused and neglected children. And Bob 106.9 (Savannah-Hilton) co-host Karen “Red” Daiss was more than ready to hit the dance floor to support them.

In a letter to the special committee set up to consider Jeff Smulyan's plan to take the company private, shareholder Timothy Stabosz said Smulyan's offer "reeks" and the price he's offering for the company is an "insult." He has asked the committee to reject Smulyan's offer.

With GEICO at number one, airing over 42,000 spots, and The Home Depot at number two with 28,952 commercials last week, Rite Aid jumped to the number three spot, up from 12, on the Media Monitors weekly chart. The drugstore chain ran 27,675 ads. McDonald's and Burger King battled it out for 4th and 5th with 27,645 and 26,508 spots respectively.

Media Monitors also tells us that from the 85 major radio markets it is keeping an eye on that Hillary Clinton For President aired 15,902 spots in the last 10 days. Gary Johnson’s campaign went from 1,827 spots to 39. And, the Great America PAC bought 15 ads, down from 124 spots.

Broker Michael Bergner fills us in on this deal. Kirby Confer and Donald Alt own Forever Media and they are purchasing WCEI-FM and WINX-FM in Easton, Maryland, from First Media. They will pay $6.5 million for the two stations.

Sports Talk 790 AM will be Innes' new home after his August firing by WIP in Philadelphia. Innes was let go by CBS after he harshly criticized competitor Mike Missanelli on the air and on Twitter. Missanelli works for Greater Media’s 97.5 The Fanatic and was caught up in a fake caller controversy. Innes will host afternoons for iHeart in Houston, the same slot he held in Philadelphia with CBS.

iHeartMedia has given up on country music in Indianapolis. After 14 months the company has flipped formats from country to Hip Hop and will now battle with Radio One for that audience. The iHeart station kicked off Monday at noon with with 10,000 songs in a row.