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A group calling itself the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America has filed a petition with the FCC asking the Commission to revoke the license of the translator owned by John Garziglia. FM translator W288BS in Reston, Virginia rebroadcasts WZHF-AM in the Washington DC metro which carries Radio Sputnik.

"The Connected Vehicle — What Does That Look Like for Radio?" examines the future of in-vehicle radio listening. Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media Strategies moderates the panel discussion during day-two of the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference, June 22-23, in Miami.

The Jacobs Media Techsurvey is radio's largest survey, with this year’s 18th annual study producing nearly 31,000 surveys from core radio listeners. To hear about the results from the 2022 survey, register HERE for the free May 10th webinar.

WBAL NewsRadio in Baltimore's news program WBAL News Now at  5am earned first-place honors in the radio Newscast category of the National Headliner Awards this week. The awards program is one of the oldest and largest annual contests recognizing journalistic merit in the communications industry.

Radio One Charlotte’s Hot AC WLNK-FM welcomes the return of PD Neal Sharpe. He was at WLNK-FM for ten years, from 2000-2010. For the last 10 years, Sharpe's been with Saga in Asheville overseeing their 7 station cluster as Operations Manager/PD.

Educational Media Foundation has promoted Ed Lenane to Vice President of Programming Operations. Lenane is a 25-year EMF veteran who has served in a wide variety of roles for the K-LOVE and Air1 radio networks.

Classic Hits WOGL in Philadelphia has been rebranded Big 98.1. The format remains basically the same including morning drive's "The Coop show", hosted by Sean "Coop" Tabler.

The two newest Good Karma Brands ESPN stations are launching apps. ESPN Los Angeles and ESPN New York apps will offer fans the opportunity to listen to all shows and content with limited recorded commercials.

Packers football fans will be able to hear Hall of Fame Quarterback Brett Favre this NFL season on all three Good Karma Brand stations in the Milwaukee market. GKB owns ESPN Milwaukee (WKTI), Newsradio 620 WTMJ and 101.7 The Truth (WGKB).

Tony Bristol has been named Director of Programming for the Community Broadcasters music stations cluster in Orangeburg, Sumter and Florence South Carolina. Bristol comes over to Community Broadcasters from the Beasley Media Group.