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Skyview Networks’ CT 40 with Fitz is offering a special program the July 4th Holiday Weekend. CT 40 Let Freedom Sing 4th of July is a special holiday edition of the weekly CT 40 with Fitz Countdown.

That nugget of information was detailed in an SEC filing by Urban One on Friday. Last week Emmis and Urban One announced that Alfred Liggins' company would be purchasing the last remaining radio cluster from Emmis, which has been exiting the radio business over the last several years.

Popular Fort Myers morning show host Jason Jones, also known as Big Mama, has officially qualified to run for the Lee County Florida School Board and has been off the air since June 10th.

Cherry Creek Media Group PD Mark Elliott says he will not be joining Townsquare Media, now that the acquisition has been approved by the FCC. He'll be moving back to Mark Elliott Media, a consultancy he started in 2007 and operated until 2015 before joining Cherry Creek Media 7 years ago.

The Score AM 790 (WPRV-AM) will be the first Sports and Sports Betting radio station in the Providence market. AM 790 Talk and Business will flip to The Score August 8th.

Shawn Knight, owner of Knight Broadcasting, was killed in a paragliding accident in eastern Ventura County California. Knight Broadcasting owns and operates KRAZ-FM Santa Ynez, KSYV-FM Solvang and KUHL in Santa Maria.

Len Mead will join the VSiN, The Sports Betting Network team as General Manager. Mead joins VSiN from PointsBet, where he was VP of Content.

Bonneville's Seattle Sports 710AM (KIRO) has added a new midday show. "Bump & Stacy" is being branded as - 'an energetic mix of entertainment and fun, a new and youthful take on sports talk in Seattle'.

AM 1530 WCKG Chicago is bringing “The Sick Podcast” to the Windy City. The program is hosted by the NFL Network’s Adam Rank, and debuts June 24th.

To listen to music, according to data released by Edison Research and NPR. That was the reason in 2017 and that's the reason today. Is your radio station taking advantage of that fact?