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SiriusXM will celebrate the 25th anniversary of rock band Pearl Jam's album Yield on the band's artist-exclusive channel. The anniversary celebration will include a rebroadcast of Pearl Jam's 1998 pirate radio show Monkeywrench Radio.

A new report published by the website Current.org focused on the high amount of burnout and turnover at public radio stations across the country. The issue is particularly prevalent in small- and medium-sized markets, which stations have struggled to fill job vacancies.

Nick Cannon took over mornings at Meruelo Media's Power 106 in Los Angeles in June of 2019. He then partnered with Skyview Networks to launch into syndication in early 2020. A report out Wednesday, confirmed by Skyview, states that the show has come to an end.

Chris "Mad Dog" Russo will reunite with his WFAN (660 AM) counterpart Mike Francesca during a special broadcast of ESPN's First Take on Wednesday, February 1. The reunion will span the entire two-hour period, which starts at 10 a.m. Eastern Time.

The NAB Show is now accepting entries for the newly-launched Excellence in Sustainability Awards, which recognizes individuals, companies and products that show in media and technology in the area of conservation, reusability of natural resources and economic and social development. The deadline for entry is April 3.

More from the Triton 2022 report. NPR News Now came in as the top podcast of 2022, based on average weekly downloads. Crime Junkie was next, followed by Ben Shapiro, Dateline NBC and Morbid. Here are Triton's top 20 for the year.

Following the recent passing of long-time founder and CEO Duke Wright, Midwest Communications has announced that Peter Tanz will step in as the President of the company. Wright passed away on Dec. 21, 2022.

The NAB says it is monitoring a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday accusing Alphabet's Google of monopolizing digital advertising technologies. In a statement, a NAB official said broadcasters have lost billions due to Google's purported anticompetitive practices.

Studstill Media, the family-owned company that operates several radio stations under the Mendota Broadcasting and Laco Radio subsidiaries, have agreed to sell eight stations to Illinois-based Shaw Local for over $1.8 million.

WXXI Public Broadcasting in Rochester, NY has closed on the acquisition of silent WJZR Rochester from North Coast Radio for $ 1.2 Million. It gives WXXI a second full-market FM signal to augment its NPR news-talk WXXI-AM along with classical-music WXXI-FM.