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Jennifer Cartwright has been hired as event coordinator and sales specialist for WLML-FM. The station is owned by West Palm Beach based Legends Broadcasting.

Sports Betting Network VSiN is expanding its relationship with iHeartMedia. As part of the deal, VSiN will move its dedicated streaming radio station to iHeartRadio. iHeart will also distribute VSiN's podcasts and the two companies plan to develop new sports betting podcasts together.

The radio voice of Sooners football Toby Rowland hasn't missed a game since taking over play-by-play duties in 2011. Tomorrow's Cotton Bowl between Oklahoma and Florida will be the first after he tested positive for COVID-19 on Christmas Day.

Some type of American radio broadcast has been heard in Berlin since 1945. The final version of the broadcast, which was called KCRW Berlin, operated through a partnership with KCRW in California, has shut down due to the pandemic. Politico has the details, including the history of radio broadcasts into the German capital, HERE.

(By John Morris) As Radio Ink focused a recent issue on 30 And Under Superstars, I have the privilege to see the best in radio age 22 and under. My role as president of College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) allows me to see, talk to, and hear from college media students across the nation.

Curtis Media Group has launched Rock 92.9 in Raleigh-Durham. The station will be programmed by Len Shackelford and will attempt to compete with iHeartMedia's long time rocker WRDU.

Dick Broadcasting's VP of Programming has signed another 5-year contract to stay with the company. He oversees programming for Dick Broadcasting's 19 radio stations. Goodman has been with the company for 16 years.

The NAB Leadership Foundation is preparing to accept applications for the 2021 Celebration of Service to America Awards. The 2021 Celebration of Service to America Awards call for entries will open in early January.

92.1 FM (WFUZ-FM) has turned off the Christmas music and rebranded to The 90's and Now. The station has gone through a number of changes over the past few years.

State Farm is back on top of the Media Monitors list of national advertisers. The insurer jumped from number seven last week to knock off Bank of America for the top spot.