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News Radio 1020 KDKA will simulcast on FM for the first time ever and be heard as 100.1 FM and 1020 AM KDKA, effective November 2. Giving up the dial position is WAMO-FM; it will move to 107.3 FM

Gen Media Partners, J.L. Farmakis, Inc. and Cherry Creek Media have entered into a three-way partnership to expand the Pacific Northwest Ag Network. The network serves radio stations across Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

WSOU 89.5 FM, the student-run radio station at Seton Hall University, set a new record for donations to its annual clothing drive. The drive benefits the Our Lady of the Sioux Church on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

91.ONE, WNXP has hired a new Music Director and a new Production Coordinator as it prepares for a re-launch later this fall. Jewly Hight and Marquis Munson complete the station's weekday on-air staff.

The Jubal Show has joined the line-up at 98.9 Magic FM/KKMG-FM. The previous incarnation of the show, Brooke & Jubal; aired on the station from March 2016-April 2020.

On Sunday afternoon SRN’s Charlie Kirk received official word from Twitter that his account had been “locked” because of questions he raised about mail-in balloting. Sebastian Gorka’s account was “locked” last Thursday.

Hartman was 100 years old when he died and spent 65 years with WCCO in Minneapolis. He was first hired in 1955 and created “Sports Heroes,” a daily interview show with the biggest names in sports. For decades, Hartman was a fixture on the radio. Even at the age of 100 he was still heard each week on the air.

(By Randy Lane) Human connection matters most to your audience during these uneasy times we are experiencing. Your stories reflect what matters to you, and they deepen your relationship with listeners.

Wendy Bell is officially gone from KDKA-Radio in Pittsburgh after being taken off the air in September. During her show last month Bell suggested park rangers should “shoot on sight” people vandalizing public monuments. Bell and Entercom mutually agreed to end their relationship.

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