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Beasley Media Group has promoted Chris Leonard to Operations Manager at WJBR-FM in Wilmington, Delaware. Leonard joined the station as a part-time promotion's assistant and fill-in talent, before being elevated to Promotions and Events Director in 2017 and adding the Assistant Program Director title in 2020.

Jim Graci is moving from Pittsburgh to Jacksonville to join Cox Media Group as Director of Branding and Programming. Graci most recently was Brand Manager and Program Director for KDKA for nine years.

New York Yankees Manager Aaron Boone will be a weekly guest on 98.7 ESPN New York (WEPN-FM). Boone will make Thursday afternoon appearances on "The Michael Kay Show".

Illinois Helps Ukraine, is a fundraising initiative of the Illinois Broadcasters Association, and the Ukrainian Institutes of Modern Art. Broadcasters are running PSA's encouraging people to support UNICEF's humanitarian aid efforts in Ukraine.

Legends 100.3FM (WLML-FM) North Palm Beach, is hosting Legends Radio’s Benefit Concert for Ukraine. The April 13 concert is free; however, supporters are being asked to make financial donations prior to the concert.

Long-time San Diego radio host Dave Mason is producing a program that is sent to Ukraine via shortwave radio. The program includes listeners messages for Ukrainians. Mason is producing the program from a studio that he has set-up in his closet.

According to The New York Post the Mets and WCBS have hired Jake Eisenberg to be the third radio play-by-play voice for mostly West Coast away games. According to the paper, Eisenberg will fill in for Howie Rose, who will miss up to 30 games.

Salem Media's San Francisco GM Mike Shields has announced he'll retire in June. Shields has been leading that cluster for Salem for the past 11 years. The company has already announced who will replace Shields.

Salem announced on Monday that Larry Elder has decided to move on from the Salem Radio Network, after a six year run on the SRN lineup where he hosted the 6-9pm ET slot. Orlando host Carl Jackson (pictured) will take over until a permanent replacement is named.

Indeed continues its grip on the top spot of the Media Monitors list. The jobs clearinghouse has owned the slot for months, airing more than 65,000 spots last week.