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WKYS-FM/Washington, DC, midday host Dominique Da Diva will join DJ Quicksilva in afternoons on WKYS-FM/Washington, DC, and WERQ-FM/Baltimore.

97.3 The Fan’s (KWFN-FM) San Diego has added Sam Levitt as pregame and postgame host. Levitt will join The Padres Radio Network broadcast team alongside play-by-play announcer Jesse Agler and color analyst Tony Gwynn Jr, beginning this season.

Entravision has started a public service campaign to reach out to newly naturalized Hispanic Americans, to encourage them to register and vote. Vota Conmigo 2020 (Vote With Me) is being done in partnership with National Partnership for New Americans.

(By Buzz Knight) We all know that when we begin the long roadmap of innovation it’s tempting to think we can go it alone. Ego and pride drive the initial calculus, and unfortunately many times that can be the death of the initiative.

99.5 The Wolf (KPLX-FM) and New Country 96.3 KSCS (KSCS-FM), brought Broken Bow Records artist Dustin Lynch to Cowboys Red River Dance Hall in Dallas, Tuesday, September 12, to raise money for the American Red Cross Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.

The former WRQN-FM Toledo PD is joining the Tom Kent Radio Network. He is moving into affiliate sales handling AC and Country products. Elliott has also had stops at South Central Media in Evansville, IN, and Northern Broadcast Group in Traverse City. He was also Chief Marketing Consultant of Radio One 2 One in Indianapolis.

The fourth season of the Israel Story podcast will consist of 11 episodes, as well as a number of specials and bonuses, which will be released between now and the New Year. 

At Thursday's NABA Future of Audio Symposium in Washington, DC, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said you could make a case that all smartphones should have their FM Chips activated on public safety grounds alone. However he said because he is a free market kind of guy he cannot support a government mandate requiring activation of the chips.

ABC Audio will provide three specials to affiliates over the July 4th holiday weekend. ABC Audio’s music specials Red, White and Rock Live and Fourth of July Live will include the best live cuts from in-concert performances. And, ABC News Radio will provide the three-hour special Turning to Tech.

Broadcast Partners, led by Ken Moultrie, is unveiling a new radio brand called Yummy Hits. Veteran programmer Brian Burns is joining the company for the project, which was conceived in Miami by Burns' former colleague Dennis Porebski.