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As K-12s struggle to hire teachers, one New Jersey school district is turning to radio as a recruitment tool. As other outlets fail to yield results, Essex County's South Orange-Maplewood district is airing a campaign on Emmis' Hot 97.

The Encouragers The Radio Rally podcast will release its latest on-demand sales roundtable on July 13 at 8p ET. The Radio Rally host and Rainmaker Pathway Consulting Works consultant Loyd Ford co-hosts Telling Local Radio’s 21st Century Story.

St. Bonaventure Athletics has ended its men's basketball broadcasting contract with Seven Mountains Media's WPIG in Olean, NY ahead of the new season. After contract negotiations failed, the university announced it will launch its own Bonnies Online Network for the upcoming season.

Audacy Chicago's 670 The Score (WSCR-AM) is set to celebrate the induction of Cubs play-by-play announcer Pat Hughes into the Baseball Hall of Fame through a series of special broadcasts from July 10 to July 22.

Arriving on Austin, Texas airwaves at 9:33a on Wednesday, Waterloo Media has flipped its Hot AC Lucy 93.3 to LATINO 93.3 (KGSR). KGSR is the city's sole contemporary Spanish-language station with artists like Bad Bunny, Karol G, and Maluma.

ABC Audio has chosen Compass Media Networks as its exclusive representative for commercial radio inventory and sponsorships. The partnership will impact over 1,500 radio affiliates and digital distributors and reach an audience of over 110 million monthly listeners.

As the radio industry grapples with declining advertising revenue, Audacy is preparing to enter negotiations with financial creditors in an effort to restructure its debt, say insiders familiar with the situation. Creditors, bondholders, and Audacy itself have enlisted several law firms.

FEMA and SiriusXM have announced a bolstering of their partnership, aiming to enhance the connectivity of FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System for the National Public Warning System. The change comes as AM relies on EAS for its continued place in the dash.

WGHN has agreed to pay over $100,000 to the City of Grand Haven to finally put a tower site dispute that left the station off the air for months to rest. Grand Haven pulled the plug on WGHN for contract breaches in November of 2022.

The list of scholarship recipients for this year's Rising Through the Ranks program has been revealed. Virtual sessions are set to start on August 1, culminating in an in-person event from August 8-10 at the BMI Nashville office.