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Bryan Suits is back in the Pacific Northwest, joining the 'Conservative Commute,' mornings on AM 770 KTTH Seattle. Suits has been filling in at the station and will now get his own show, "The Bryan Suits Show".

With a nice push from digital and the sports betting category, Beasley Media Group revenue jumped 3.3% to $70.7 million in the 4th quarter of 2021. The company is not yet back to 2019 levels but gets closer every quarter.

Former National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO Gordon Smith will receive the organization’s Distinguished Service Award. Smith will receive the NAB's highest honor at the 2022 NAB Show in Las Vegas in April.

The hosts for this year's Broadcasters Foundation of America Golden Mike Award dinner will be husband and wife broadcasters Al Roker and Deborah Roberts. The event will take place Monday, March 14, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.

Nielsen has launched a Diverse Media Equity program, designed to elevate the visibility of diverse-owned media companies with advertisers and agencies. The initiative includes the first ever report on diverse-owned media reach and audience profiles.

(By Randy Lane) In the late-80s, Mark St. John (Leighton Group Director of Programming) and I collaborated to build a new morning show for I95 Birmingham. We had a fun and lively dinner with two talents meeting for the first time, Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps. We decided to try them out on the air to see if there was chemistry and potential.

The Women In Radio 6th Annual 'Cocktails, Cupcakes, and Conversations' conference is set for March 5 in Atlanta. Women In Radio was founded in 2016 by Meaghan Taylor, as an organization supporting the advancement of women in the radio industry.

The 2022 class of The Podcast Hall of Fame has been announced. The in-person Induction Ceremony will take place March 25 in Los Angeles as part of Podcast Movement's Evolutions 2022.

The latest Third Thursday Webinar from the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association is set for February 17. Barry Cohen of Ad Lab Creative, will host 'How to find 2022 election Campaign Dollars in my Community'.

vCreative has hired Drew Cain as Senior Vice President of Technology. Cain joins vCreative to oversee vCreative’s product development team, platform operations, security and IT, and will report directly to CEO Susie Hedrick.