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Former KDGE morning man Jeremy Robinson is back on the air in Dallas-Fort Worth. Robinson joins 92.1 Hank-FM after a three-year hiatus to grow his Multimedia business.

Dave Grande is the new Afternoon Drive Host and Promotions director for Classic Rock 98.1 KKFM-FM. Grande joins Cumulus Colorado Springs from Full Power Radio, Hartford CT.

Tom Griswold, host of the nationally syndicated Bob & Tom Show, is recovering from heart valve replacement surgery at an Indianapolis hospital. It was originally planned as a repair procedure, but it was determined that the replacement would provide a better long-term outcome.

Kelly was the West Coast Commercial Production Director for Benztown. He died Friday in Los Angeles at the of 50. Kelly joined Benztown in January and had just moved to L.A. to work with the Benztown team in the company's Glendale studios.  No cause of death was given.

(By Charlie Sislen) I have spent nearly 40 years selling with data. I am a data-driven person. However, there is so much more to selling than, as Dragnet’s Joe Friday would say, “All we want are the facts, ma'am.”

(By Chris Byrnes) Jeff Vidler of Signal Hill Insights and Radio Connects asked 1,510 Canadians in July this year where when and why they listen to various audio platforms including radio. In this article I will focus on the findings for radio.

(By Mike McVay) Podcast Movement took place in Nashville earlier this month. I had the honor of speaking and addressing Story Telling as an Art. The focus was on podcasters, but the tips and structure of the presentation is applicable to air talent, podcasters and anyone who does public speaking.

(By Loyd Ford) You and I are in the business of experiences. Yet I feel some broadcast companies are no longer focused on the customer experience at all.

(Jeff McHugh) I once suspected Clint Eastwood of stealing a screenplay I wrote. I later learned that Mr. Eastwood and I had the same idea at the same time, but he acted while I talked myself into doing nothing.