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Our annual list of best local sports talkers is set to be released on December 17. That issue will not only include the best local sports talkers in the country, it will also feature some of the best sports program directors in the nation.

This time it's of the college variety as the company and the University of San Francisco extend their broadcast agreement. 1550-AM The Game (KGMZ-AM) in San Francisco will broadcast all University of San Francisco men’s basketball games.

Stan Lee is the doyen of the world of comics. At 9, he can look back on a career in which he co-created such characters as Spider Man, the Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor, and the X-Men. This podcast reveals the battle for control of Lee and his fortune.

The 24/7 weather reporting service Weatherology has chosen Westwood One as its exclusive radio partner. Weatherology delivers weather reports and breaking weather advisories directly into radio station automation systems.

Community Broadcasters' Watertown, NY, stations WBDR (The Border 106.7) and WOTT (94 Rock WOTT) raised $110,000 in three days (October 31-November 2) with their Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon to benefit Watertown’s Samaritan Medical Center.

Cadence13 makes the announcement that sports anchor and reporter Lindsay Czarniak is launching a new podcast called "players." Season one, launching today, features Czarniak with the biggest “players” in country music, discussing the impact sports has had on their lives. The first episode features Cole Swindell.

Joe Clayton was CEO of Sirius from 2001 to 2004 and chairman from 2004 to 2008. He died this past Saturday at the age of 69 after a brief battle with an undisclosed illness. Clayton was involved in the launch of DirecTV, Hopper DVR and Sling TV.

Val Nicholas has been named Senior VP, Creative Director for SummitMedia. Previously, Nicholas held senior positions at NBC News, MSNBC and ABC Entertainment.

Two new regional reporters have joined the Colorado Public News team in Grand Junction and Colorado Springs. They represent the first time CPR has embedded reporters in communities outside the metro area.

Lance Tidwell is resigning as Operations Manager at Townsquare's Fort Collins, CO, cluster. With Tidwell's departure, the company is looking for a new OM for its four stations in that market.