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Bonneville San Francisco Market Manager Carl Gardner will be retiring at the end of this month. Gardner began his 43-year media career in Seattle before following a career path to Denver, Portland, and Milwaukee. 

MOViN 92.5, Hubbard Seattle’s Hit Music Station has added Julian Nieh to evenings where he'll host the 7pm to midnight shift. Nieh's experience includes hosting evenings in San Francisco, Washington D.C., Phoenix and Chicago.

Syndication company Key Networks is partnering with Virtual Jock to provide stations access to Major Market talent and programming services on a barter basis. Virtual Jock, a product of New Generation Radio, offers voice talent customized for any daypart.

Last month the FCC settled online political file violations with six of radio's largest broadcasters. This week The Commission announced consent decrees to resolve similar investigations with Fort Myers Broadcasting, BMZ Broadcasting and Cohan Radio Group.

The owners of KRSN AM & FM in Los Alamos will be turning out the lights on August 30th. COVID-19 is the cause. The station survived by broadcasting local sports and events and from the advertising from small businesses. The owners say with everything shut down the revenue has dried up.

That's according to GM Tim Eby. He says it exists at the organization he runs and that's unacceptable. "I'm committed to making meaningful change as a leader, as an organization—and through my personal growth. I pledge to share our progress."

According to a Facebook post, about 50 radio stations across the country will carry the memorial service tomorrow. Led by WXOX-FM in Louisville, the broadcast will start at 2 p.m. ET.

Sinclair's KPLZ-FM, KVI-AM & KOMO News Radio along with KOMO 4 Television in Seattle held an all-day Wishes in Flight airline miles campaign for Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington. The event brought in 10 million miles and $3,700 in cash donations.

Warm 106.9treated listeners to a Warm Virtual Bear Hug this past weekend. The Hubbard Radio Seattle station gave away Teddy Bears.

Nielsen has announced that Veritone One is now a subscriber to Nielsen’s Podcast Buying Power service. Veritone One now has access to insights covering 18 genres and over 150 podcast titles that can be cross-referenced among a variety of consumer purchase behavior patterns.