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Ron Gaskill has been hired by SiriusXM as Director of Communications. Gaskill comes over from PR firm Blake Zidell & Associates.

iHeartMedia is out with the list of nominees for the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards. The event is set for March 22, 2022 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

104.3 WZYP in Huntsville, AL led a successful toy drive to help families devastated by tornadoes that hit Kentucky December 10, 2021. The station along with Toys for Tots collected more than 2,000 toys during the event January 11, 2022.

According to the latest Dentsu Global Advertising Forecast, total ad spend in 2022 will reach $745 billion (up 9.2%) this year with China, Japan, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. expected to be the top five markets.

Long-time rocker Neil Young doesn't like what Joe Rogan is saying about COVID-19 on his popular Spotify-exclusive podcast so he gave the company an ultimatum; Joe or me. Spotify chose Rogan and will be deleting Young's music from its service.

Orlando area sports radio host Joe Ellicott is cooperating with the US Justice Department's investigation into Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz. Ellicott plead guilty in a separate bribery scheme, according to CNN.

As the NAB fights to get more members of Congress to sign onto the Local Radio Freedom Act, The House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on its Respecting Artists with the American Music Fairness Act. The hearing is at 10AM this coming Wednesday. CLICK HERE to see where your member of Congress stands on the issue.

On February 5th, college students Zachary Sinutko and Collin Kennedy, who work at WJCU-FM in Cleveland, will try to break the Guiness World Record for longest consecutive radio interview. The record is 25 hours and 26 minutes.

On Wednesday, Hope Media Group and WAY Media announced their plan to merge into one organization. Hope was founded 40 years ago with KSBJ-FM in Houston WAY Media was formed 35 years ago with WAYJ-FM in Fort Myers. The merger is a cash-free transaction.

Bonneville Denver has promoted Parker Hillis to Assistant Program Director of 104.3 The Fan ESPN Denver 1600. Hillis moves up from Executive Producer.