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WBAL NewsRadio in Baltimore and the Naval Academy Athletic Association have agreed to a multi-year extension to its long-running partnership that will keep the station as the flagship of the Navy Football Radio Network.

Shelli Sonstein, co-host of Q104.3’s Jim Kerr Rock & Roll Morning Show in New York City led a team of listeners up 104 stories on the first Tunnel To Towers World Trade Center Climb in 3 years. The team has raised over $20,000, with Shelli alone raising over $13,000, 

“Throughline: ‘Afghanistan: The Center of the World’” a three-part miniseries on NPR has one a prestigious Peabody Award. The award, in the Podcast/Radio category was for the podcast produced and hosted by Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei.

SoundExchange has unveiled a new mobile app, look, and website. The non-profit collective rights management organization says the new tools are the latest example of how SoundExchange supports a growing community of more than 570,000 creators.

Upside has climbed into the number one slot on the latest Media Monitors list. The cash back app knocked last week's leader Home Depot, out of the top ten.

WTOP took home 11 first place Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards. In addition to first place accolades, the Washington D.C. area station, also took home four 2nd place awards.

Describing itself as a media company focused on content creation, talent incubation, and distribution across multiple platforms, Latino Media Network launches with a $60 million deal, purchasing 18 radio stations in 10 markets from TelevisaUnivision.

The Federal Communications Commission is out with its proposed regulatory fee rates for Fiscal Year 2022. NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt is critical of the proposal for a 13% fee increase from last fiscal year.

WDRV-FM Chicago Morning hosts Brian Sherman and Steve Tingle shaved each other’s heads in support of Brian Sherman’s wife Katie and others fighting breast cancer. Also getting in on the shaving action was WDRV-FM PD Keith Hastings who lost his mom to Breast Cancer when he was a teenager.

Ryan Chung has joined CBC MUSIC as the new producer for the weekday National Morning show - CBC Mornings. Chung arrives from his previous role as an associate producer for CBC's arts, culture and entertainment magazine program q with Tom Power.