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Podcast network Curiouscast has debuted a podcast called Zero Issue dedicated to all things comics, superheroes, fantasy, and sci-fi.

Audacy’s Sports Podcast Studio in partnership with Major League Baseball is launching two new podcasts. Inside The Monster and Beat the Streak Daily: Inside the Hits will premiere in time for the new Baseball season.

John Dromgoole is retiring as host of Gardening Naturally after 38 years. The show began airing in 1981 on NewsRadio KLBJ/Austin, TX, and has since become the longest-running organic gardening talk show in the U.S.

The Radio Advertising Bureau is rolling out a new season of its Radio On Main Street podcast. This season will explore the unique relationships radio's on-air personalities share with their audiences in shaping behavior and brand perception.

That's according to a new report from BIA, which will be presenting its local and nationwide advertising data at LOCAL IMPACT DC, May 10 at NAB headquarters in D.C. BIA says local ad spending in the Baltimore-Washington metro will hit $7.9 billion this year, an increase of 5% over 2017 ($7.5 billion). What will the top spending categories be and where does radio fit in? Let's find out.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is the latest guest on WTOP's Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America. The discussion focuses on race, risks and vaccines in COVID times.

Kudos to Compass Media Networks morning show host DeDe McGuire who continues to expand her affiliate list across the country. DeDe in The Morning is now heard on 80 stations after adding 7 more affiliates.

We all know the troubles the Windy City has been going through in recent times, with shootings seemingly a daily occurrence. Well 107.5 WGCI isn’t taking it sitting down in the studio. Instead, the good folks at WGCI are organizing Peace in the Streets Summer Block Parties at various times and locations (see the listings in story).

SiriusXM has launched Dial Up the Moment, a month-long experiential program with pop-up performances from popular musicians and the ability for anyone to discover what’s happening every day at its New York City, Nashville, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles studios.