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Following a series of apology tweets posted by Podcast Movement surrounding the impromptu visit to the conference from Ben Shapiro, Cumulus Media has announced it is ending its relationship with PM.

Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing has issued a statement praising Cumulus for cutting ties with Podcast Movement. Boreing told Radio Ink in an interview last week that Podcast Movement's Ben Shapiro apology tweets were bigoted he wants a public apology. Here's Boreing's full statement about the Cumulus move.

The Cumulus Media/Westwood One Audio Active Group has released a new analysis of two creative approaches to political ads. And they say the results show that utilizing candidate-voiced ads in political campaigns and customizing the copy with station-specific language asking for input from listeners drove greater voter intent and were more uplifting.

Kris Hackett Lucas is the Director of Sales for Cox Media Group in Atlanta. Kris has been in radio for 29 years, 16 years in sales management. She's a finalist for a 2022 Radio Ink Radio Wayne award later this month in Miami during our Radio Masters Sales Summit. The 2022 Radio Ink Radio Wayne awards are sponsored by Quu.

AdLarge has named Robin Sloan Executive VP of Audio Sales. She will work with Chief Revenue Officer Don Wachsmith on revenue strategy development and agency relationships.

Cumulus has hired Ryan Fox as morning show co-host for country station KPLX-FM in Dallas. Fox joins Tara, Host of The Wake Up With The Wolf Show, beginning Monday, September 12th.

WABC Radio Host Bruce Morrow will be recreating the Beatles British Invasion as 77 WABC continues to celebrate its 100th Anniversary. The Wednesday September 7 event will also be marked by WABC Radio renaming it’s studio in honor of “Cousin Brucie”.

NASCAR has started a 10 race playoff run. Motor Racing Network will be providing coverage for six of the 10 events.

Sullivan County New York's first radio station, WVOS is celebrating its 75th Anniversary. Known as the 'Voice of Sullivan', the station began broadcasting at 1240 on the AM dial on September 26th 1947.

Compass Media Networks is offering a full slate of top ranked and exclusive, college football broadcasts. The schedule features top ranked schools from the Power Five Conferences: ACC, BIG TEN, BIG 12, SEC & PAC-12.