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Lance Tidwell is the new program director for 104.7 WZZK and Mix 97.3 (WPYA) in Birmingham, AL. Tidwell joins SummitMedia from Cumulus Media Detroit.

Danny Cunningham rejoins 850 ESPN in Cleveland as a content teammate. Most recently, Danny was at SKOR NORTH in Minneapolis as a Timberwolves reporter and “Vikings Vent Line” co-host. He additionally worked at WOZN in Madison after starting his career here at 850 ESPN Cleveland in 2015.

Detroit’s NPR Station, WDET has been given a Kresge Foundation Grant to help replace the transmitter. Kresge’s grant of $150,000 complements more than one thousand donations from listeners during the station’s on-air spring fundraiser.

WILK News Radio (WILK-FM, WILK-AM, WAAF-AM, WODS-AM) in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA, has changed its weekday programming line-up. The changes include a Rush time slot replacement.

L.A. Superior Court Judge Michael Stern has ruled on multiple motions in a legal complaint against two Pacifica Radio Foundation Board of Directors. The suit alleged misfeasance and malfeasance, gross negligence, unlawful conduct, and financial mismanagement.

Benztown, has released its seventh annual Benztown 50 List of Radio’s Biggest Imaging Voices in the U.S. and Canada. Randy Thomas (pictured here) was honored with the Iconic Voice Award. See the full Benztown list HERE.

According to the ratings firm, the March PPM survey showed that radio experienced " significant gains" in listening, an 8% increase month-over-month in total AQH audience. Nielsen reports the increase was the largest single-month increase in average audience since last June. 

Chris Baker has been fired from iHeart's KFAB-AM where he hosted afternoons. Baker posted a tweet after the Derek Chauvin verdict in the George Floyd case, headlined “Guilty,” beneath it was an image of four dancing black men in loincloths. Here's his explanation.

Premiere Networks and the EIB Network are launching a 12-episode series narrated by Rush's call screener James Golden (Bo Snerdley). Rush Limbaugh: The Man Behind The Golden EIB Microphone launches May 12. TRAILER

Wayne Jones is now D.O.S. for the Urban One Houston radio group, moving up from LSM. Jones has held management positions in Austin, Baton Rouge and D.C. He made Radio Ink's Future African American Leaders list in 2015 and 2017 and is a 2017 Radio Wayne award winner.