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iHeartMedia's Premiere Networks has promoted Annie Zidarevich to serve as the company's senior vice president of West Coast operations. She will optimize resources on the West Coast to best serve Premiere's roster of national shows and services.

Audacy has added Stacey King's "Gimme the Hot Sauce" podcast to its slate of sports-related audio content. The show is now part of Audacy's 2400Sports podcast studio portfolio and will be made available on the Audacy app among others.

NPR member station WHYY (90.9 FM) in Philadelphia is launching a new podcast that takes a deep dive into a local landmark associated with Rocky Balboa. The Statue "explores a monument to the most famous Philadelphian who never lived."

SiriusXM is partnering with NYU Langone Health on a new radio stream focused on mental health programming. Mental Health Radio (Channel 779) is available as a 24-hour channel on SiriusXM's streaming radio service and pairs with Doctor Radio (Channel 110).

Compass Media Networks will distribute "A Country Gold Christmas" to affiliates the weekend of Christmas Eve. The five-hour special will feature holiday standards, yuletide favorites, special DJ shout-outs and festive songs.

Nick and Eric Vidal, better known as the Baka Boyz, will host their annual year-end special "Baka Boys New Year's Eve Hip-Hop Classic Mix" the weekend of December 30. The three-hour special will be presented commercial-free.

The House Judiciary Committee voted in favor of moving the American Music Fairness Act out of Committee and onto the House floor for a full vote. The bill, if enacted into law, would require radio stations to pay artists to play their music. The Bill is not expected to be approved by the current Congress.

Connoisseur CEO Jeff Warshaw wants to grow his radio company. First he made an offer to buy Cumulus but was rebuffed on two occasions. This week we learned he made a run at Saga where he was also shot down.

iHeartMedia's Chicago hip-hop station WGCI (107.5 FM) donated more than $13,000 in proceeds from a recent concert to two elementary schools. The money was collected as part of WGCI's Big Jam 2022 concert series.

Audacy's pop station in Rochester WPXY (97.9 FM, 98 PXY) will launch a new morning show in January with some familiar talent. The show, PXY Mornings with Moose and Breezy, will pair Phil "Moose" Musumechi and Brianna "Breezy" Sloth.