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KAPA, Hawaii Afternoon Drive Host, Tommy “Kahikina” Ching set a new world record for a continuous radio broadcast by remaining on the air for 261 consecutive hours. He also raised more than $50,000 for Hawaii Island United Way.

KFI-AM 640 in Los Angeles has launched season three of “Unsolved with Steve Gregory”. The weekly true crime podcast series features cold cases, challenging cases, missing persons, and high-profile criminals.

Audacy has announced the return of “Stars and Strings”, the annual country music concert event is set for November 2 in Florida. The concert is hosted by KISS Country 99.9 (WKIS-FM) in Hollywood, FL and will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.

QCODE content studio and podcast network has expanded its development slate to include unscripted podcasts.

Casey Bartholomew has joined Cumulus Dallas/Fort Worth News Talk 820 WBAP. Bartholomew joins Cumulus DFW from Cumulus Columbia, MO, where he has served as Program Director for News/Talk KFRU-AM/FM.

Maria Thrasher has joined Hearst Media Production Group as a Business Partnerships and Development Executive. She was Senior Integrated Marketing Director for Radio One.

Indeed has jumped back into first place on the Media Monitors list. 60,092 was enough to pull the jobs clearinghouse out of second to the top of the list.

Last week Breakfast Club co-host Angela Yee announced she'll be leaving the Premiere syndicated show this Fall to host her own show. Yee's midday program will launch on 30 stations, including Power 105.1 in New York City where the Breakfast Club is hear now. We spoke to Yee on Friday about going solo, after 13 years as a co-host.

A new podcast industry show called Podcasting By The Numbers hosted by Gary Spurgeon has launched. The show is a short form daily podcast that features tips, insights, facts and stats from the podcasting industry.

It’s time to learn how to effectively reach consumers not only with great ad placement, but with the more important ad content. The Radio Masters Sales Summit presents "Great Copy Makes a Difference" on September 23.