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(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.

Educational Media Foundation's Air1 Contemporary Christian Network has hired CJ Lusk to join Lauren Lee in the afternoon drive slot. Lee has been with the network for over a decade.

Country Radio Broadcasters will present the March installment of its CRS360 Webinarseries on March 24. The new program is titled: CRS 2021 Research Presentation: A Closer Look.

PBS SoCal, KCET and 89.3 KPCC-FM are partnering to provide a new daily regional news program. Social Update will be available for free on Radio, Television, Online Streaming, Podcasts and Social Media.

A new morning show is coming to 105.9 KISS-FM Detroit. Beasley Media Group is teaming their midday host with their night host for the Mason & Starr Morning Show.

Entercom raised funds to provide over 650,000 meals for people in need through the “Giant Eagle Feed the Need Radiothon.” The radiothon directly benefits Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and those dealing with food insecurity in the Pittsburgh region.

The Right Time with Bomani Jones podcast has expanded from two shows per week to three. The ESPN podcast will now drop Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

(By Laurie Kahn) Hiring can be a complex process. You need to hire someone you want to stick around, who can be productive and who will fit in with the team. Often, we get caught up in reading the prospect on incorrect attributes and being swayed to hire the wrong person.