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The “Rickey Smiley Morning Show” is joining Urban AC 102.1 The Ville/Nashville (WPRT-HD2) February 21. The station is the creation of Nashville Music producer Shannon Sanders and Cromwell Media owner Bud Walters.

Country Radio Consultant Mike O'Malley is debuting his 'writing chops' in his first novel "Last But Not Fleeced". The paranormal mystery is set in Atlantic City, NJ in 1972 and features a full-time psychic and amateur sleuth.

Total revenue for the Naples, FL based company came in at $72 million for the last three months of 2022, compared to $70.7 million a year earlier. Political revenue of $5.1 million saved the day for the company in Q4.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America has announced the renaming of its annual Lifetime Achievement Award to the Edward F. McLaughlin Lifetime Achievement Award, in honor of McLaughlin who passed away in 2018.

CRS 2023 organizers keep adding to the lineup at the upcoming event in Nashville. Two Mentoring Breakfasts and an Aircheck Clinic will take place during CRS 2023 March 13-15.

WBPU 96.3 FM, an LPFM station serving St. Petersburg's Black communities, has had about $36,800 in funding pulled by the Pinellas County Commission. The action is the result of concerns expressed by a county commissioner over the association of the station with the Uhuru Movement, a political group with its headquarters in St. Petersburg.

The Broadcast Education Association is ready to give out "Best of" awards April 17. The awards will be given during BEA's Festival of Media Arts ceremony at the annual convention in Las Vegas.

The third season of "Back Issue" that takes a deep dive into formative moments in pop culture’s past will launch on February 21. The series is hosted by Pineapple Street Studios Senior Producer Josh Gwynn in which he reminisces on the things forgotten or things we can’t seem to ever forget with personal reflections, incredible guests, and plenty laughs.

New York’s classical music station WQXR has launched a new 16-part podcast that explores and uncovers marginalized voices within the Western classical music tradition, with a focus on Black representation in opera. "Every Voice" is hosted by writer, curator, pianist and WQXR weekday evening host Terrance McKnight.

“The Coldest Case in Laramie”, is a new limited podcast series from The New York Times and Serial Productions. Kim Barker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, puts fresh eyes on a 40-year-old cold case.