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Bob Thornton will fill the newly created position of SVP of Programming and Technology at Stephens Media Group. He has been with the company for over 20 years.

Houston’s KTRH AM 740 has signed a new four-year agreement with on-air host Michael Berry. He will continue with The Michael Berry Show through 2023.

77 WABC/NYC radio host Joan Hamburg presented her annual Pre-Tony Luncheon, Thursday, at Arno Ristorante in New York City. Highlights of the show will air on 77 WABC in two parts.

Fox News Radio is moving The Guy Benson Show to afternoon drive and adding another hour to the show. Starting Monday, Benson will air 3-6PM/ET, moving from the 6-8PM/ET slot. Benson replaces Tom Shillue.

Cox Media Group Houston has promoted Kelly Ryan to full-time co-host for the Dean & Rog Morning Show. Ryan was most recently the traffic reporter for CMG Houston.

Stickles joins 88.7FM WMVY/Martha's Vineyard, MA, in a newly created position, appearing on the station’s airwaves delivering morning newscasts, and working behind the scenes.

In a 90-page rebuttal to comments submitted to the FCC opposing relaxing the current ownership rules, the NAB defines them as "backward," by actually starting their comments with the dictionary definition. “Backward” (adverb) – in the reverse of the usual or right way.”

(By Paul Weyland) By getting the client to answer these questions, I usually get all the information I need to put together a long-term creative campaign and a realistic budget. I limit my questions to these few in the interest of being conscientious about the client’s time.

WRDN Radio's Brian Winnekins tells Radio Ink his team organized a town hall meeting Wednesday because it "needed to be done" to help the local community. WRDN (Durand, WI) is very important to the farming community and the station has a lot of farm listeners. The focus of the meeting was to discuss how the current farm crisis has affected farmers and their families. And, unless you're a farmer, you may not know how bad it really is.

Podcasting is the "new" frontier radio personalities are turning to for new projects, rejuvenation, and more freedom of expression. Former ESPN Radio co-hosts Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo have joined those ranks.