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94.7 WLS-FM in Chicago is the latest affiliate to sign with VirtualJock.com. The service provides radio stations of all formats and market sizes with the opportunity to access major market on-air talent and programming services.

Will Calder is the new Director of Programming and Operations of Power 96 (WPOW-FM) in Miami. He joins Audacy Miami from Cox Media Group’s WPYO in Orlando and WPOI-FM in Tampa.

Shreveport, LA native Jay Whatley is the new afternoon host on Q97.3 (KQHN-FM). He joins Cumulus from Townsquare's KRUF-FM in Shreveport.

BMSC Media’s WNAV Annapolis, MD is adding “The Yacht Club” to the station starting Sunday, May 22. Baltimore area radio personality Meredith Marx hosts the program focusing on music from 1970-1991.

“The Unimaginable” is a podcast about phenomenal encounters and the life altering decisions people make because of them. Host and musician James Brown investigates unusual perspectives born out of the unimaginable.

WPLN Nashville Public Radio and ProPublica’s joint investigation of the juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, is a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize’s feature writing category.

Your Public Radio (WYPR), Baltimore’s NPR news station will welcome Zshekinah Collier to its newsroom starting on June 1, 2022. The addition is part of Report for America, the national service program that places emerging journalists into local news organizations to report on under-covered issues and communities.

Robert "Bob" Romanik, known as the "Grim Reaper of Radio" has died. The controversial host and once owner of four radio stations, died after a long battle with cancer.

CEO David Field called it a great first quarter with overall revenue up 14% to $175 million. Digital was up 16%, spot radio increased 14% and local radio ad revenue climbed 18%. Field also said podcasting revenue was up 37%.

That increase included a 35.5% increase in digital revenue, which now makes up 14% of Beasley's total revenue. Comparing Q1 revenue to the pre-pandemic year of 2019, revenue was down $2 million, or 3.4%. Total revenue in the quarter was $55.7 million.