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Beasley Media Philadelphia personality John DeBella announced his retirement on Thursday morning. DeBella has been a prominent figure in Philadelphia radio for more than four decades on WMGK, including his Morning Zoo show. His last show will be Friday, June 30th.

Jacobs Media released the results of its 19th annual Techsurvey, providing insight into the listening habits of radio's core radio listeners in the US. The key takeaways from the survey include work-from-home's new reality, talent vs. music, and strong subscription feelings.

While the earnings call got noticeably chilly at times, Audacy announced they beat analysts' forecasts for the first quarter of 2023. Audacy's Q1 net revenue was $259.64 million. On the radio front, local sales significantly outperformed national but were still down.

Townsquare Media's "local first" digital approach carried them to a 2023 Q1 that outperformed expectations, despite a net loss. With more than half of Townsquare's quarterly income attributed to digital, CEO Bill Wilson said Townsquare Ignite was in the driver's seat.

Staying at the forefront of radio tech, Xperi Corp revenue for Q1 slid slightly behind analyst projections by $2.5 million to start 2023. CEO Jon Kirchner took the opportunity to talk about the company's achievements in audio and the connected car.

Townsquare Media Portland, ME has announced the new morning host for their heritage CHR, WJBQ. After Tuesday's announcement that longtime morning duo Jeff Parsons and Lori Voornas are switching signals, Krissy T has officially been tapped to be the successor.

Mike "Sandman" Sanders, the Program Director of Saga Communications' WVVR in Clarksville, TN, has shared news of his departure. As PD, he also oversaw WRND, WQEZ, and WCVQ-HD3. Sanders joined the cluster in September 2020.

As our industry worries about the state of radio's "farm team," The Nebraska Broadcasters Association and the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association have launched The High School Radio Project to teach high school media students real-world radio skills and encourage future talent.

Google is the latest company bringing Zoom to automobiles. At Wednesday's I/O Conference, the tech company announced its collaboration with Zoom as well as Cisco's WebEx and Microsoft Teams to bring digital conferencing to the 200 million cars with Android Auto.

NewsGuard and Barometer have partnered to create an AI-powered solution to detect potential misinformation in podcasts. The solution integrates NewsGuard's Misinformation Fingerprints with Barometer's natural language processing to create risk profiles for podcasts.