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Univision’s Uforia has launched a new daily show on its Latino Mix Stations. Mixology features Uforia personalities Monse Medina and Marcela “DJ Vela” Velasquez.

Cleveland sports broadcaster Les Levine has died. According to his family he died after battling diabetes and Parkinson’s disease.

Ben Downs is the VP & General Manager of Bryan Broadcasting in College Station, Texas. The company owns 11 stations, including two-time Marconi Award winner and three-time Crystal Award winner KNDE-FM. We checked in with the boss to get his take on how 2021 is shaping up now that people are receiving the vaccine, including Downs himself.

Some Columbus Blue Jackets games will be heard on iHeartMedia's Alternative Rocker in Columbus. The station will carry games when WBNS/97.1 The Fan, owned by RadioOhio, does not carry the games.

iHeartMedia, Entercom, Beasley and Alpha have all come out publicly to denounce Morgan Wallen. It's likely listeners will not hear one of Wallen's songs on any radio station in America until further notice. It was a swift fall from grace for one of today's most popluar country artists.

NuVoodoo Media Services is out with its new Ratings Prospects Study XVII. The study found that 10 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, radio hosts on FM still matter.

The sports network says podcast downloads grew 28% in 2020 to nearly 500,000,000, a record for the network. The strongest month was September with 50.1 million downloads (up 45% from 2019).

James Conner has been promoted to VP of Sales for the Emmis Indianapolis market. He succeeds Taja Graham, who was recently named Emmis' Indianapolis radio Market President.

46-year radio veteran Doug Harvill says he's leaving a wonderful and satisfying career in an industry he's wanted to be a part of since he was a kid. "Local radio has been and continues to be a tremendous and enriching experience but I’ve achieved my goals and exceeded my dreams."

Clear Media Network has selected research software ARC as their Affiliate CRM and Network Automation Tool. ARC provides networks and producers a cloud-based platform to research, affiliate, create digital contracts, analyze Nielsen data and more.