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Townsquare Media Tri-Cities, WA has hired Dan Roberts as Brand Manager and Afternoon Drive host at KOLW-FM. A stand-up comic and podcast host, Dan most recently served as PM Drive personality and producer at KZZU FM/Morgan Murphy Media, Spokane.

(By Michael Doyle) I love recognition. As you can see from the graphic in this post, I have a plaque in my condo in Florida celebrating what a great idea I had several years ago to buy it.

1010 WINS (WINS-AM), New York has been named the recipient of the 2022 World Radio Day Award, presented by the American Academy of Radio. The theme of this year's award centers on citizens' trust in radio.

Audio App TuneIn has signed a new multi-year deal with Major League Baseball to become the official audio partner of MLB. The games will be available to paying TuneIn Subscribers.

The Universal Music Publishing Group is teaming up with Audio Up in an agreement focusing on signing songwriters to create unique music for Audio Up’s original podcast programs.

iHeartMedia’s My Cultura Podcast Network and Eva Longoria have teamed up to launch a new slate of original podcasts. A scripted series and two un-scripted series will feature Latinx Voices and stories.

Tim Jorgenson has been named Integrated Sales Manager of Beasley Media Groups Motor City radio properties. He most recently served as the National Digital Automotive Specialist on behalf of BMG. Previously, he spent two years as an Account Executive at iHeart-Detroit.

WTOP News in Washington, DC will officially launch its new daily local news podcast, DMV Download, on April 19th. DMV Download is the first daily podcast that dives deeper into the biggest and most interesting news stories impacting Washington.

(By Buzz Knight) What are the potential implications of the Nielsen sale for the Radio business? I posed the question to a few of my former mates from The Council of Research Excellence. CRE was a Nielsen funded think tank that was created in the early 2000’s as a means to help challenge Nielsen to improve audience measurement.

The restaurant launched its own branded radio station on iHeartRadio called ‘BDubs Radio powered by Wings, Beer and Sports.’ The digital station features contemporary music, sports programming and exclusive vignettes