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The 5th Annual Country Heat at CRS will be headlined by Thomas Rhett. The show is part of CRS 2022 in Nashville February 23-25. Along with Rhett the event will also feature performances by Frank Ray, Lily Rose, Conner Smith, and Morgan Wade.

Those are the words of Country music superstar Blake Shelton who's on the cover of the latest issue of Radio Ink magazine. Shelton, who's also become a huge TV star on The Voice, has 28 number one songs. And, unlike the chatter we're hearing in Washington, radio is still very important to stars like Shelton.

The New York Post is reporting that former disgraced New York Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner will be co-hosting a new show with Curtis Sliwa starting tomorrow from 2P to 4P.

Spanish Broadcasting System, divestiture trustee CXR Radio and Cox Radio announced late on Thursday that SBS will purchase WPYO-FM in Orlando and WSUN-FM in Tampa. The sale price was not revealed in the press release.

WRRK-FM HD-2 96.9 is being rebranded as Bet Sports Radio. The station will handle the full 24/7 sports betting content line-up from VSiN.

Eric Tucker is the host of The Electric Top 20. The two-hour countdown plays the top 20 songs in North America along with selected throwbacks. Prior to launching The Electric Top 20, Eric Tucker was Program Director and Afternoon Drive Host at KCEZ Power 102.1 in Chico, California.

K95.5 (KWEN-FM) has launched its 8th Annual K95.5 Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon. This is part of the annual partnership with St. Jude and Cox Media Group Tulsa that includes a 5k Walk/Run and Dream Home Giveaway.

Scott Shannon created one of the most successful radio stations and music formats in the history of radio. In 74 days, he took New York City’s Z100 from Worst to First in 1983. Elvis Duran has hosted the morning show for the past 26 years.

What if cars rolled off the assembly line and your radio station was the ONLY radio station that driver could listen to? Out in Seattle, a technical snafu on some Mazda vehicles has drivers stuck on KUOW-FM.

Stephen J. Dubner and Dr. Steven Levitt, co-authors of the “Freakonomics” book series and podcast hosts on the Freakonomics Radio Network, will keynote NAB Show’s closing session.