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Cumulus Media's Westwood One will broadcast all six National Football League wild card playoff games during the NFL's Super Wild Card Playoffs week, starting Saturday. Westwood One will offer other playoff games and the Super Bowl between January and February.

Salem Media Group has extended its partnership with Triton Digital. The two companies have been working together since 2012.

Capitol Broadcasting's classical radio station KMFA (89.5 FM) in Austin has appointed George Preston as its chief executive officer. Preston will join the station at the end of the month; he will be responsible for the overall strategic, operational, financial, and managerial leadership of the station.

Colorado Public Radio has launched a new podcast called Terra Firma that couples ambient environmental sound with narrative reflections on nature. The podcast will feature the stories of Indigenous poet CMarie Fuhrman, with outdoor sounds collected in public spaces by Jacob Job.

Bill Reeves, the CEO of Educational Media Foundation, is on the cover of the January issue of Radio Ink magazine which is now making its way to your station courtesy of the United States Postal Service. To receive you own copy of Radio Ink and read why Reeves was chosen Executive of The Year, CLICK HERE.

The Academy of Radio Arts and Sciences of America has announced that KDKA News Radio in Pittsburgh is the recipient of the 2023 World Radio Day Award.

Conservative commentator Rich Valdés will now be syndicated by Cumulus' Westwood One in the 10PM to 1AM time slot. He's also getting a new podcast.

Cumulus Media's Dallas radio cluster raised $2.3 million for DFW Metroplex charities during 2022, $500,000 more than 2021. In Dallas, Cumulus owns six stations: KPLX-FM, WBAP-AM, KTCK-FM, KLIF-FM, KSCS-FM and KLIF-AM.

The Mellon Foundation has awarded Boston-based WGBH Educational Foundation with a $16 million grant to support the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. The program is a collaboration with the Library of Congress to digitize, preserve and make accessible historic and significant public radio and television broadcasts.

The Motor Racing Network is adding new radio stations ahead of a major motorsport event next month. The new stations joining the Motor Racing Network include WLS (890 AM) in Chicago, KLAA (830 AM) in Los Angeles, WNSP (105.5 FM) in Mobile and WNTA (1330 AM) in Rockford.