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Matty Siegel is celebrating 40 years on Kiss 108 in Boston. The celebration features 40 hours of highlights, proclamations from the Mayor and Governor and celebrity well wishes.

Caroline Clarke has joined Nielsen as the new Senior Vice president of Editorial Content Strategy. She will lead the Nielsen Media Thought Leadership team.

The National Association of Broadcasters is accepting entries for the 34th annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards. Winners will receive national recognition for their community service work during a special awards presentation hosted by NAB in spring 2021.

On Monday the U.S. Federal Register published the official notification from the Federal Commission's notice of proposed rule making adopted on November 20, 2020 that would allow FM broadcasters to use boosters to air geo-targeted content.

Some people look at what's going on with Twitter, Facebook and Parler as a threat to free speech, while others believe blocking and banning those who claim the election was stolen are preventing future violence. Cumulus jumped into the action last week and a memo VP Brian Philips sent to talk show hosts is getting national attention.

“Gomez & Lisa” co-host Lisa Chelenza is leaving the Syracuse radio show after 16 years. Chelenza joined the Galaxy in 2004 as part of the “Gomez and Dave in the Morning” show. She was promoted to co-host in 2015 and the show was renamed “Gomez and Lisa in the Morning”.

Babbel has climbed from third to first on this week’s Media Monitors list of national advertisers. Babbel aired 60,774 commercials on radio stations all across the country to take the top spot.

Nationally syndicated radio host Dave Ramsey, bestselling authors Chris Hogan and Rachel Cruze, and Life.Church pastor Craig Groeschel will host RESET Live Tuesday at 7 p.m. CST. Here's what will be covered...

KFOR/KLMS (Lincoln, Nebraska) Sports Director Jeff Motz has been named the National Sports Media Association's 2020 Nebraska Sportscaster of the Year. Motz began broadcasting at KFOR in 2006 as a news anchor/reporter and backup sportscaster.

(By Buzz Knight) As CES 2021 was just beginning with Monday’s Press Day, I wasn’t sure what to expect from the virtual event. Would it resemble a Zoom or Microsoft Teams appointment? Would there be that presentation sizzle we have grown to expect from the big brands that are participating? Would I miss the endless cab lines?