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AdLarge announced that their cabana portfolio of podcasts will be ranked in Triton Digital’s Podcast Metrics Reports. Cabana will be included in Triton’s next Report, which will cover the August 3rd – August 30th reporting period.

SiriusXM has extended its long-term agreement with General Motors into 2027. GM plans to increase vehicles equipped with SiriusXM beginning with model year 2021 vehicles.

Angi Taylor will be the new morning show host for ROCK 95 FIVE. She comes over from iHeartMedia Chicago sister station 103.5 KISS-FM.

Perry Publishing & Broadcasting Company founder and president Russell M. Perry will receive the National Radio Award during the 2020 Radio Show. The award honors outstanding leadership in the radio industry and will be presented as part of the 2020 Radio Show digital experience, a week-long online event in October.

(By Buzz Knight) Radio keeps mentioning local whenever it can, but do stations really walk the walk? It’s easy to throw the term around but like many truths often these are half- truths. So what are some examples of localism at its best?

KPPC Radio reporter Josie Huang was arrested outside St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, California over the weekend. She received a citation for allegedly violating an obstruction law. She says she was simply doing her job.

(By Randy Lane) 94.1 WXXX, the ‘90’s to now with Jack and Jill in the morning. You’ve heard this dictated script hundreds of times. The problem is that air talent can be triggered to go on autopilot by this outdated convention.

Minnesota Public Radio has fired classical music host Garrett McQueen. McQueen announced he was fired on his Facebook page. He was changing out music in the MPR format, without approval, that he believed was more diverse.

It's been over 8 years since Atlantic City radio host April Kauffman was killed in a pagan motorcycle gang drug story that involved her husband. George Anastasia and Ralph Cipriano have written a book about the ordeal called Doctor Dealer. Check it out HERE.

In less than three weeks the Premier Hispanic Radio event begins. Radio Ink Hispanic Radio LIVE! kicks off October 1. It's time for you to get registered. Here are all the details....