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The Colorado Broadcasters Association was forced to cancel the Awards of Excellence Gala, so the awards were presented in a virtual reveal. This year, the CBA received 494 entries in radio.

Country Radio Broadcasters will present the next installment of CRS360 on April 28. Talk Data To Me Too will examine how data can be leveraged to understand Country consumers and their engagement with new music.

Bestselling author Shawn Levy will bring a documentary podcast franchise about power and influence originating from Hollywood. Glitter and Might will be produced by C13Originals, the documentary studio division of Cadence13, an Audacy company.

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.