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Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, is joining Red Apple Media's WABC-AM. Giuliani will work as a contributor on Sid & Friends in the Morning and fill in as guest host during Cats at Night.

(By Mike McVay) The biggest and most important thing for a Program Director to do is to keep it fun to work at the station!  Without fun, morale slips and on-air personalities move on. If you’re having fun, it is reflected on the air.

(By Alec Drake) There are no magic paths to reducing Spoilage or unsold inventory on your stations. The effort is one of continuous improvement that involves sales training, tracking pricing changes based on demand patterns, managing perceptions in the market, and building a value narrative.

Lin Brehmer, a Chicago radio host with more than three decades on the air at WXRT (93.1 FM), died on Sunday after a battle with cancer. Brehmer was 68; an on-air remembrance for the iconic Chicago DJ will take place Monday at 10 a.m. CT on WXRK.

Jerry Blavat, a well-known, fast-talking radio host in Philadelphia, died on Friday at the age of 82. His funeral is scheduled for Saturday, January 28; singer Dionne Warwick will deliver the eulogy, his family told a local television station.

Urban One's hip hop station WFNZ (610 AM, 102.5 FM) and WOSF-HD2 (105.3 FM) will start airing The Amanda Seales Show on Monday. She will be joined by co-host Marc "DJ Nailz" Dixon of WXZX for the weekday show.

Cox Media Group has appointed Elroy Smith as director of urban content. Smith, named by Radio Ink as one of the top programmers in the country, will develop content, programming and brand strategies for R&B and urban stations in four markets.

Amazon's audio division Audible has signed an exclusive agreement with actor Brad Pitt's production company Plan B Entertainment. The first project between the two is A Summer Love Thing by Bradford Young, a love story that was described as "moody, lyrical and ethereal."

Video-centric social media app TikTok is quietly testing a new background audio feature that could be part of a broader move to woo podcast content creators to their platform, according to a report. The test comes after a survey found some consumers prefer to consume podcasts on video platforms.

Premiere Networks personality and Bobby Bones co-host Amy Brown is bringing her 4 Things with Amy Brown podcast to Nashville in late March. The program will come together at the Franklin Theater on Saturday, March 25; tickets go on sale later this month.