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iHeartRadio’s new podcast SantaCast is made up of episodes just 3-5 minutes long, dropping every day through Christmas Day.

BMSC Media’s WNAV Annapolis, MD is adding “The Yacht Club” to the station starting Sunday, May 22. Baltimore area radio personality Meredith Marx hosts the program focusing on music from 1970-1991.

Brandon Chase has been named Program Director at Fox Sports in Charlotte, NC. Chase has been with the company for over 11 years and began his career on the air at KISS 95.1 in 2008.

Nashville Public Radio flagship station WPLN, has hired Blaise Gainey as the new Political Reporter. Gainey is moving to Middle Tennessee from WFSU in Tallahassee.

Best Country Broadcasting, the licensee for WBOX-AM and WBOX in southeastern Louisiana, is at risk of losing those licenses due to substantial unpaid regulatory fees to the Federal Communications Commission. The debt dates back as far as 2002.

The assault on Pirate Radio operators continues at The FCC. Five more warnings were issued by The Enforcement Bureau this month, including 3 in Miami, one in Brooklyn and a Pastor in Baton Rouge. Here are the details.

Rolling Stone is out with another extensive article about pay-for-play. The latest revolves around text messages the magazine has obtained between an independent radio promoter and label executives.

More good news for the kids of St. Jude: Cumulus Media's Youngstown, Ohio Country station, K105 WQXK, raised $145,986 for children’s cancer treatment and research through the station’s annual Radiothon. This makes more than $4.5 million raised since 1990.

The Adult Contemporary station is teaming up AJ Machado and Sara Perry as co-hosts of the new AJ Mornings morning show beginning Monday, August 7, weekdays from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. AJ Machado previously hosted The AJ Show for the past five years on ENERGY 103.7 – sister station to KyXy 96.5. 

Smart Money with Keith Springer airs on iHeart's KFBK in Sacramento, Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings. The SEC has accused Springer of fraud, alleging he received millions of dollars for recommending investment products while claiming he did not have any conflicts of interest.