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David Santrella is the President of Broadcast Media for the Salem Media Group. In the April issue of Radio Ink, featuring radio's Top 20 leaders, Santrella told us his team would describe him as a “warrior.” So where did this warrior rank on our list? Let's find out.

That's what Cumulus Chief Insights Officer Pierre Bouvard addresses in his latest blog post. Bouvard reels off 8 perceptions about radio and answers each one of them with the truth about radio. It's a list worth using on the street when selling radio and facing similar objections. Read it HERE.

Major League Baseball and SiriusXM have expanded their agreement to include additional streaming rights starting with the 2021 season.

Musician, lyricist, entrepreneur, label owner and dad Pete Wentz has launched Loud and Sad Radio. Wentz is best known as the lyricist and bassist for Fall Out Boy.

Blue Jays’ Pitcher Ross Stripling and Jam Street Media are teaming up for GOATS: On The Bump. Stripling sits down with current MLB pitchers to discuss the Hall of Fame careers of some of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game.

WPLN News in Nashville has hired Juliana Kim as the newsroom’s first Education Reporter. For the past year, she has been a reporting fellow at The New York Times.

Cam Cooper is headed for afternoons at WQNC 92.7 The Block in Charlotte. Cooper has been with Radio One stations in Cleveland, Richmond and Philadelphia

Seton Hall University’s WSOU 89.5 FM will welcome three new alumni into its Hall of Fame. Dave Packer ’88, Cristina Del Giorno ’88 and Victoria Haffner ’13 will be Hall of Fame honorees.

SummitMedia has added WNOX-FM to its ‘Awesome’ brand. Awesome 93.1 Totally 80’s and More replaces the former Classic Hits format.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration took the fast-lane from number 14 to number 1 in the latest Media Monitors chart. The move pushed Centers For Disease Control & Prevention down to third.