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FOX Sports Radio host and MLB analyst Rob Parker has been named to the 2026 Black Sportswriters Hall of Fame. Parker currently co-hosts the syndicated weeknight program The Odd Couple with Kelvin Washington. He also serves as an analyst for MLB Network.

Connoisseur Media San Jose has elevated Afternoon personality Emily Harlan to Music Director for Bay Country 94.5 and 92.1 (KBAY/KKDV). Harlan joined Bay Country - then run by Alpha Media - in May 2022, six weeks after the Country format launched.

Radio Ink has learned of a major management shakeup in the New York radio market as Maire Mason is exiting Spanish Broadcasting System to lead MediaCo's local radio and television operations in NYC, Chicago, and Denver, with more markets to come.

The lightning pace that defined Cumulus Media's antitrust fight against Nielsen throughout the fourth quarter of 2025 is giving way to something far less dramatic, but far more consequential: a litigation calendar that will now be defined in months, if not years.

As broadcast groups continue consolidating facilities to reduce overhead, Cumulus Media has closed its Topeka studios and shifted operations to Kansas City; the latest move in the trend toward centralized operations amid ongoing cost and real estate pressures.

Nexstar Media Group’s WGN has announced Steve Bertrand as a recipient of the RTDNA Foundation’s 2026 First Amendment Lifetime Achievement Award.

(Randy Lane) Consultant Mark St. John and I once learned, painfully, just how hard it is to replace a successful show when the legendary Mark & Brian left I-95 Birmingham for KLOS. We tried to do everything right. We didn't.

After decades behind the mic, former syndicated Country radio talent Whitney Allen is turning her attention to the next generation, launching the Whitney Allen “Hot Mic” Scholarship for female on-air personalities in conjunction with Country Radio Seminar.

After two decades of mornings in North Carolina's Piedmont Triad, Chris Demm will retire from Dick Broadcasting's Rock 92 (WKRR), where he has hosted 2 Guys Named Chris with Chris Kelly since 1999. Demm’s final broadcast is scheduled for the end of March.

Skyview Networks has announced an expanded partnership with FanServ to support streamlined digital audio advertising for developers and advertisers. The collaboration aligns both companies in providing sales solutions across streaming and programmatic audio formats within Skyview’s network portfolio.