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As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, Rythmic Oldies was out and Soft AC was in for iHeart's 98.1-FM in San Francisco. The station is called The Breeze and iHeart promises relaxing favorites. The new format was kicked off with 10,000 songs in a row and the playlist includes Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Whitney Houston, Michael Bolton, Vanessa Williams, and others.

Emmis and ABC Radio will be working closer together. ABC Radio programming will now be available on Emmis NY’s WQHT-FM (Hip Hop), WBLS-FM (Urban Adult Contemporary/R&B), and WLIB-AM (Praise and Inspiration). The stations will begin to integrate ABC content that includes celebrity interviews, features, and programs. Some content will be on the radio stations, some on the station websites.

Kudos to Jason Garte (pictured) and all of our friends at The Mix Group. In less than a year, the company has grown its client roster from 625 stations to over 1,000. Recent stations to join the Mix family include Boom 107.9 WPHI-FM Philadelphia, 95.5 The Mountain KYOT-FM Phoenix, and 99 JAMZ WEDR-FM Miami.

Alpha will use the Mr. Master AIM software for the Alpha Media network of 249 stations in 52 markets.

Energy 102.3 (WNGY) Peoria’s Lucky The DJ (Chris Stewart) will run 102 miles in 102 hours in order to create awareness for child abuse. The run will begin on April 25, 2016 at 9 a.m. CT from Chik-Fil-A in Peoria. The route of the run is TBD but will end on April 29, 2016

PetSmart Charities™, a non-profit animal welfare organization, recently shined a spotlight on Johnjay Van Es of The JohnJay & Rich Show and his work to inspire pet adoption via Instagram and the hashtag “LovePup.”

Topeka, KS, station 580 WIBM, along with the Kansas Ag Network and Kansas Farm Bureau, delivered 1,100 pounds of milk replacer to ranches that were affected by the devastating fire in Kansas.

WABC, WINS, WCBS, WOR, and WBBR -- all the News/Talk stations in New York City -- will carry Westwood One's broadcast of Thursday night's Democratic debate.

Andrew Turner was caught operating a Pirate Radio Station at 95.9 in Broward County and for that he was slapped with a $15,000 fine from the Commission. Complaints to the enforcement bureau were filed in January, March, August and September of 2015 and Turner was issued warnings by the Commission in March and August about the station.

On Wednesday morning, CBS Chairman Les Moonves will be a guest on The Dan Sileo Morning Show on San Diego Sports station, The Mighty 1090. Moonves will discuss how big sports broadcasting has become. Sileo says he also plans to ask Moonves about the recent talk about CBS selling radio. He'll ask Moonves, "Why get away from radio since CBS was born on radio?"