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Colleagues and friends of WXRT's Lin Brehmer held a tribute for the Chicago broadcaster on-air Monday. The tribute comes one day after Brehmer passed away following a battle with cancer. To listen to WXRT's on-air tribute, go HERE.

Broadcaster and activist Ninoska Pérez Castellón is returning to radio in South Florida with a new program on Salem Media's WWFE (670 AM, La Nueva Poderosa) in Miami. Castellón previously worked for more than two decades at WAQI (710 AM) until it changed ownership.

Veteran journalists Lynda Lopez and Brigitte Quinn will take over middays New York City news stations WINS (1010 AM, 92.3 FM) and WCBS (880 AM).

Keith Raad is expected to join WCBS-AM and broadcaster Howie Rose for coverage of the New York Mets. The New York Post reported Raad, who still has to be approved by the Mets, would replace Wayne Randazzo, who left in December for a TV gig.

The FCC has proposed a $504,000 fine against Fox for a promotional spot aired across some radio stations that misappropriated emergency alert system tones. The promotion apparently aired on Fox Sports-affiliated iHeartRadio stations and on the Fox Sports SiriusXM channel in November 2021.

Independent podcast marketing firm Soundrise has hired Jay Green to serve as its senior vice president of strategy and operations; he previously worked for Audacy's Cadence13 in a similar role.

A new study released by Cumulus Media's Westwood One Audio Active Group in partnership with NCSolutions details how advertising for personal care brands results in a significant return on investment when those spots run on traditional AM and FM radio.

MSG Networks has fired Brendan Brown, its radio analyst for New York Knicks games, following a probe by the broadcaster's human relations department into allegations of verbal harassment, according to a report published on Monday.

Lowe's aired 48,312 commercials on stations coast-to-coast, while language learning tool Babbel aired 46,327 spots. Progressive, which aired the most commercials two weeks ago, aired the third-most commercials last week with 46,118 spots.

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