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94.7 WCSX-FM in Detroit is going to be part of the unveiling of Alice Cooper Court. The Beasley Media Group station has been behind the naming of other streets honoring rock stars with Detroit roots.

Several candidates competing to replace Gavin Newsom as Governor of California will face off in a televised debate at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on August 4the from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Hugh Hewitt (pictured) is the moderator and Salem Radio Network will distribute the program.

Kelly Lynch is leaving WGY in Albany, NY, ending a more than 10 year stint as morning show co-host. She is starting a new career outside of radio.

Stacie Bartro is joining mornings for the Salem Media Group, South Carolina. She will co-host the morning show with Bill Love on Earth-FM WRTH and handle Morning Drive news for 94.5 WGTK The Answer.

Five new affiliates have signed on for The Erick Erickson Show. Based at WSBin Atlanta, the program runs 12N - 3PM.

The National Association of Broadcasters has awarded David L. Hershberger, the 2021 Engineering Achievement Award for Radio. He is a former employee and current consultant for Continental Electronics Corporation in Dallas.

If all goes according to plan for Urban One, the City of Richmond will hold a November referendum and local voters will approve a new casino. Urban One's proposal was chosen by the City to build that casino if it passes.

Media Monitors says its Podcast Monitoring Service will analyze all episodes of thousands of the most popular national podcasts and provide users the ability to identify advertisers exclusive to those podcasts or across multiple media in a single report.

That's what station owner Tavis Smiley tells The Los Angeles Standard Newspaper. Tavis says his radio station is unapologetically Black and in the interview he details exactly what he wants his radio station to be.

Long-time SuperTalk Mississippi show host J.T. Williamson died on July 31st after a battle with lymphoma. The Jackson, Mississippi native began his radio career in the Golden Triangle area of Mississippi in his early 20s.