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Senior VP of Programming at WFAN and Audacy Mark Chernoff is one of four broadcasters headed to the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. The other three come from Television. The inductees will be honored this fall at a special awards luncheon in New York City.

Alpha Media Portland has announced that Operations Manager and KINK-FM Content Director Gene Sandbloom has officially accepted an additional role of Content Director for the company's country station in the market KUPL-FM.

iHeartMedia Memphis’ 95.7 Hallelujah FM, V101, K97, and WDIA has once again flipped the annual Sista Strut breast cancer charity walk to a drive thru parade. The seventh annual event is set for June 5.

ABC Audio will provide three different, three-hour specials to affiliates for use over Memorial Day weekend.  Included are a summer music special hosted by Florida Georgia Line's Brian Kelley, a rock special presented by Speakeasy and an ABC News special that pays tribute to America’s heroes.

The latest Borrell Local Marketing Trends Podcast takes a close look at how distractions work. Gordon Borrell and Corey Elliott explore the phenomenon of distractions and what opportunities they hold for the advertising and marketing world.

Seth Rogen will launch his first podcast with Stitcher. Rogen's podcast will be a series of personal stories and is expected to debut later this year.

CNN Audio is launching The Handoff, a new weekly podcast hosted by CNN anchors Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon. The program will feature conversations between the anchors.

As radio fight its way back to 2019 revenue totals for its core over-the-air business, digital continues to be a bright spot. And, for Townsquare, which reported Q1 earnings Monday, it was a very bright spot.

Beasley Media Group picks up the long-running morning team. Bob & Sheri, who are based out of Charlotte, will be heard on WKQC-FM starting Monday, May 17th.

Ten more members of the House have signed on to support a resolution opposing any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge on local radio. There are now 87 House co-sponsors and 8 Senate co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act Bill in the current Congress.