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Joel Shimer is now a co-host of the morning show on 99.9 WODE-FM in Allentown, PA. The move updates its brand to The Hawk Morning Show with Rick and Joel. S.

Beasley Media Group’s 101 WRIF will celebrate the station’s 50th Anniversary this Sunday, February 14, 2021. The celebration kicks off today with “The Riff’s Legends Weekend.”

Blaine Jackson has been named Digital PD of the Beasley Media Group Augusta’s six station radio cluster. Jackson most recently served as PD and PM Drive Host on WLUB-FM in Augusta.

Beasley Media Group's fourth quarter 2020 revenue of $68.5 million was down 5% ($3.6 million) from Q4 2019. And that's good news when compared to 2020's third quarter which was down 25% and 2nd quarter, down over 50%.

The NAB came out punching Wednesday, slamming GeoBroadcast's plan to modify the FCC's FM booster rule that would allow limited geo-targeted programming and advertising. The NAB says if approved, both advertising rates and revenue will go down and minority and female owned stations will be hit hard.

Jeff Moore has been named Market President for iHeartMedia in Philadelphia. Moore began his career as the Sales Manager for iHeart in Philadelphia 10 years ago, most recently serving as the SVP. In addition, Chris Squire has been promoted to SVP of Sales.

A plethora of filings opposing GeoBroadcast Solutions' proposal to allow FM boosters to geo-target programming and advertising led the company behind the technology to respond and defend itself.

Digital revenues were a bright spot in 2020 for pandemic blighted radio ad revenues. Borrell Associates has been watching digital trends for nearly 20 years. The 9th Annual Benchmarking Report for the RAB shows digital revenue is expected to grow 18 percent.

Colin Cowherd went on Instagram to explain why he'd missed his Monday and Tuesday shows, the day after the Superbowl. While having dinner with his wife Saturday, the sports host said he experienced pain on the right side of his chest. He was rushed to the hospital where they found a blood clot on his lung.

KSL Podcasts, the team behind COLD: Susan Powell Case Files, has announced that Amazon Music will stream the podcast exclusively on its service starting in March with the launch of season 2.