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TuneIn On Air is a new program that will provide content creators, educational, and non-profit broadcasters in the United States with access to distribution tools. The company say it wants to "reinvent radio for a connected world by bringing radio distribution into the digital age."

Audacy Insights Series this month will focus on CES 2022. A panel will discuss trends from the recently completed event in Las Vegas.

Bradford Caldwell has been hired by the National Association of Broadcasters as Vice President of Member Experience. Caldwell, a member of the NAB Board of Directors, starts his new job February 1, after serving as Chairman of the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce.

Research Director Inc. is making some changes during the first quarter of 2022. The staff changes and promotions follow the retirement of Charlie Sislen in December.

The fourth annual Product of the Year Awards will return to the 2022 NAB Show. The awards, recognize the most significant and promising new products and technologies exhibited at the show.

Marci Stanley-Boger is the new Program Director for Classic Rocker WIXV-FM/I-95 in Savannah. Stanley-Boger, known on-air as Billie Marshall, joins Cumulus Savannah after 14 years as PM driver for Alpha's WFXH-FM in Savannah, GA/Hilton Head.

StoryCorps, which is a non-profit dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of people from all backgrounds, hits the road this month with its MobileBooth—an Airstream trailer converted into a mobile recording studio.

62-year-old Patrick Kelly is under arrest for violating a harassment restraining order after going to the home of The Current (Minneapolis) midday host and Music Director Jade Tittle on multiple occasions. This is the second time Kelly has been arrested for stalking a radio host.

Chris Petlak, afternoon co-host on WTMX-FM in Chicago is moving to mornings. The morning host chair has been open since Eric Ferguson quit in November 2021. Ferguson had been with WTMX for 25 years but left after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

To be successful at podcasting you have to be consistent. For the ABC News podcast Start Here, and host Brad Mielke, they have certainly been consistent, every weekday for nearly 4 years.