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iHeartMedia is marking the one year anniversary of iHeartRadioEarth. New sustainability initiatives are underway in partnership with National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), Big Green, The Ad Council, U.S. Forest Service and others.

Salem Radio Network has signed and extended The Charlie Kirk Podcast to a multi-year deal. Salem first began selling the podcast in November 2020, and now will sell and manage the program through the Salem Podcast Network.

Lance Tidwell is the new program director for 104.7 WZZK and Mix 97.3 (WPYA) in Birmingham, AL. Tidwell joins SummitMedia from Cumulus Media Detroit.

Danny Cunningham rejoins 850 ESPN in Cleveland as a content teammate. Most recently, Danny was at SKOR NORTH in Minneapolis as a Timberwolves reporter and “Vikings Vent Line” co-host. He additionally worked at WOZN in Madison after starting his career here at 850 ESPN Cleveland in 2015.

Detroit’s NPR Station, WDET has been given a Kresge Foundation Grant to help replace the transmitter. Kresge’s grant of $150,000 complements more than one thousand donations from listeners during the station’s on-air spring fundraiser.

WILK News Radio (WILK-FM, WILK-AM, WAAF-AM, WODS-AM) in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA, has changed its weekday programming line-up. The changes include a Rush time slot replacement.

L.A. Superior Court Judge Michael Stern has ruled on multiple motions in a legal complaint against two Pacifica Radio Foundation Board of Directors. The suit alleged misfeasance and malfeasance, gross negligence, unlawful conduct, and financial mismanagement.

Benztown, has released its seventh annual Benztown 50 List of Radio’s Biggest Imaging Voices in the U.S. and Canada. Randy Thomas (pictured here) was honored with the Iconic Voice Award. See the full Benztown list HERE.

According to the ratings firm, the March PPM survey showed that radio experienced " significant gains" in listening, an 8% increase month-over-month in total AQH audience. Nielsen reports the increase was the largest single-month increase in average audience since last June. 

Chris Baker has been fired from iHeart's KFAB-AM where he hosted afternoons. Baker posted a tweet after the Derek Chauvin verdict in the George Floyd case, headlined “Guilty,” beneath it was an image of four dancing black men in loincloths. Here's his explanation.