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Legendary agribusiness broadcaster Orion Samuelson will retire on December 31. The farewell will come shortly after he celebrates his 60th anniversary at the station.

WBCN and The American Revolution, the documentary about Boston's famous 60's underground radio station, is helping Public Radio WHAV, Haverhill, MA. The filmmaker is offering the documentary to help pay for nonprofit local news reporting. 

The former morning co-host of WPRT (102.5 The Game, Nashville), Branden Gall, has set up a new podcast network for Nashville sports fans. Taking its name from the interstate loop around Nashville, 440 Sports, has launched with four podcasts.

The latest edition of the NAB Compelling Conversations podcast series looks at how stations have had to change to deal with the pandemic. Julie Koehn is the GM of WLEN-FM in Adrian, MI. She discusses the changes she had to make.

American Public Media Group CEO Jon McTaggart was expected to slowly transition out of his position after being with APMG since 1983. That plan has been accelerated following a series of issues at the company regarding diversity and transparency.

Xperi has expanded DTS Connected Radio coverage throughout Italy in a partnership with FM-world, a streaming and aggregation platform for radio stations. The companies have completed and validated country-wide integration in Italy and plan to add more FM-world territories in other countries.

The next Edison Research webinar goes beyond age and sex in profiling listeners. Radio Listener Profiles: An Infinite Dial Report is set for Today at 1 p.m. Eastern. REGISTER

2020 Radio Mercury Awards are virtual this year and the best in radio creativity will be announced, rewarded and honored October 6.

After only 18 months, VP and Managing Director for JAZZ-FM in Toronto Lorie Russell (pictured) is leaving in December. The station is searching for a new GM. Russell has held the position since March 1, 2019.

Hahn, known as "The Aggressive Progressive," will air from 4-5 p.m. on WABC. Hahn is a lawyer, auther and regular contributor on Fox News. The show is distributed by KMG Networks.