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Fox Sports Radio has reached the 600th affiliate mark for the first time in history with the addition of Spokane’s KGA 103.5 FM/1510 AM. 103.5 The Game will debut March 19, with The Dan Patrick Show.

Spark Media has opened registration for the Spark Conference at the upcoming NRB 2021: Christian Media Conference. The faith-based podcast company will run its event June 22-24 at the conference in Texas.

WOUB Public Media, Athens, OH is offering up to $10,000 of matching money during its Spring Radio Pledge Drive. The matching dollars will be used to match contributions from new sustaining members and current members who become sustaining monthly donors.

Leading Local Insights will explore various aspects of the local media marketplace. Each episode will feature BIA Advisory Services team delivering insights and analysis for broadcast and digital media business professionals.

95.7 The Game (KGMZ-FM) San Francisco will add morning show host Kate Scott to an upcoming broadcast of a Golden State Warriors game. Scott will handle play-by-play next to fellow broadcaster Mary Murphy.

Terry Gross, the host of NPR’s Fresh Air is being honored with the 2021 Audio Vanguard Award. She will accept the award as part of the virtual On Air Fest April 9.

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed rules to improve the way the public receives emergency alerts on their phones, TV's and radios. The Commission also adopted a Notice of Inquiry to explore the technical feasibility of delivering EAS alerts via the Internet.

(By Deborah Parenti) I’ve never met Aurora James (pictured here). In fact, I had not heard of her until she was introduced to me recently in the way so many people are these days: featured on a news program to which I was only half-listening that broke through whatever I was doing and made me sit up  and pay attention. I was glad I did. 

According to Magellan AI, which monitors how much advertisers spend on podcasts, BetterHelp spent $4.3 million in February on 386 podcasts. One of radio's favorite advertisers, GEICO, was second with $2.6 million spent on 260 mainly sports podcasts. Here are the top 5...

The Dan Bongino Show,  syndicated by Cumulus' Westwood One, will begin airing in the Noon to 3P slot once occupied by Rush Limbaugh on at least 30 Cumulus stations across the country as of May 24th.