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The XFL Seattle Dragons have announced an agreement with 710 ESPN Seattle that will make the Bonneville Seattle station the home of Dragons programming and shows beginning February 5. The XFL season begins February 8.

Soros Fund Management is set to become the primary shareholder of Audacy following the company's pending emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Court filings show the firm has acquired more than $414 million of Audacy’s top-tier debt, placing it as the majority holder.

Our thanks to Megan Black of Second Street for sharing another advertiser success story with Radio Ink. This one comes from Entercom Portland's Sam Tongue and involved taking an annual Home Improvement sweepstakes to the next level. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media).

Starting at 6AM today, WABC-AM will present an all-day special tribute to Bernard McGuirk, who passed away last Wednesday from prostate cancer. McGuirk was co-host of WABC’s Bernie & Sid in the Morning with Sid Rosenberg since April of 2018.

If you've been to a few radio conferences over the last five years (at least) you've probably gotten tired of hearing radio executives explain or complain that radio needs to "tell a better story," in order to increase the share of ad dollars it receives from advertisers. It leaves you scratching your head wondering how long it takes them to write this story. Wednesday at Radio Ink's Hispanic Radio Conference, Nielsen's Managing Director of Audio Brad Kelly made a killer presentation about radio and showed off a nifty one-piece about your industry that every single seller should have with them every day.

Long-time iHeart Boston host Matty Siegel was back in his KISS 108 morning show chair Thursday, one day after the 71-year old said he was quitting after management told him to stop talking about Demi Lavato.

WELI-AM in New Haven is now also broadcasting on a translator at 96.9 FM. The station carries local weather and traffic, and features conservative talkers Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity.

Happy Friday! This week’s Blast From The Past features Peter Cavanaugh at WNDR in Syracuse back in 1959. Send your Blast From The Past to our Online Editor Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.

The former WFAN morning show co-host, who's accused of running a multi-million dollar ponzi scheme and had to resign in disgrace, was on The Bernie & Sid Show, Thursday. Carton made it sound like he was the greatest New York morning show host of all time.

Country Radio Seminar has partnered with NuVoodoo for the next installment of its monthly webinar series, CRS360. Song Wars takes a deep dive into music research, exploring the differences in tastes among gender and age groups, newer Country fans, and long-time fans.