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A Dear Colleague letter went out from Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich from New Mexico and Republican Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming urging other Senators to cosponsor the Local Radio Freedom Act.

The musicFIRST FCC filing has to do with deregulation and musicFIRST's opposition to any further loosening of ownership rules.

The call sign WEGG was chosen to honor the local poultry industry. The three Georgia counties which form the station’s primary service area; Franklin, Hart and Madison are the three largest poultry producing counties in Georgia.

He painted pictures of poetry with is voice. Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully has died at the age of 94. During Tuesday night's L.A. Dodgers game, play-by-play man Joe Davis, who succeeded Scully in 2017, said: "We lost the greatest ever to do it. Vin Scully was and is and always will be the Dodgers. His voice will always be the voice of baseball." MORE HERE

Podcast hosting company Blubrry is partnering with PodRocket Academy [ProudMouth] to provide Blubrry hosting customers with a free membership to the PodRocket Academy’s podcast instruction.

Edison Research is ready to unveil the results of the third annual Latino Podcast Listener Report. The webinar on the report that tracks emerging habits and preferences among Latino listeners is set for August 16.

Derek Falter is the new Vice President/Market Manager of Cumulus Grand Rapids and Cumulus Muskegon. Walter leaves Curtis Media Group where he was Regional Vice President, Eastern Region.

Greg Williams is back hosting mornings on Audacy's Power 93.5 in Wichita after an internal investigation into a sexual harassment allegation made against him by a former co-worker .

With revenue of $64.8 million for the months of April, May and June, Beasley Media Group increased revenue over the same three months in 2021 by just under 9%. Here's how much money the company lost in the quarter.

Thanks to a gift from Nexstar Media, the parent company of WGN Radio, a 70- year swath of the radio station’s audio archive now resides at Northwestern University  Libraries in the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections and  University Archives.