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The Country Radio Board has announced the five winners of two scholarship programs. The three women receiving this year's Rusty Walker Scholarships are Tori D, Brooke Summers and Caitlin Fisher; the two women receiving the Lisa McKay Women in Country scholarships are Liz DelGrossos and Chelsea Lee.

The stations that comprise the group Public Radio for Central Florida have launched a new content leadership team that will focus on better serving public radio listeners across digital and other platforms, and find ways to make local journalism a more-conversational experience.

Industry veterans Dave Paulus and John Shamby are expanding their partnership consultancy called Radio's Fresh Eyes to focus on career coaching and mentoring for the radio broadcasting industry, and to help those in the industry better address their work-life balance.

Hubbard Broadcasting is partnering with Twin Cities Hall of Fame radio personality Tom Barnard on a new, multi-platform show. The Tom Barnard Podcast will stream live from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. weekdays, with an on-demand version of the program available as a podcast and on-demand audio afterward.

Hosting company Libsyn has announced that it will integrate with Apple Podcasts Subscriptions. Apple Podcasts Subscriptions is designed for creators who want to offer their audiences premium experiences through monthly or annual paid subscriptions.

Podcast studio Cadence13 and Atlanta-based independent content production studio Tenderfoot TV have jointly announced they will expand their partnership through 2024.

iHeartMedia has appointed Jay C. Lowe to the position of area president for its Oklahoma station group. Lowe will oversee more than a dozen stations in the state; he will report to Tony Coles, the division president for iHeartMedia.

The Glen Nelson Center at American Public Media Group has launched the second-annual Next Challenge for Media and Journalism. The competition seeks groundbreaking, for-profit and not-for-profit startups that will re-invent the media industry in the coming decades.

For the past few years COVID put a big damper on major events such as the massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. There's no doubt CES is back, shattering attendance expectations last week with over 115,000 people. That must have NAB executives smiling with the NAB show set to return to Las Vegas in April.

But this one isn't what you think. This latest battle involves employees at the same radio station. ESPN Radio's Michael Kay threatened to get a producer fired from another ESPN radio show after he took a verbal swipe at Kay's recent ratings performance.