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Stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan has joined the Pandora Billionaires Club. Pandora says Gaffigan is the first stand-up comic to reach a billion audio streams.

The National Hockey League returns to the ice August 1 with a special, limited game season. Westwood One in conjunction with NBC Sports will carry the games through the Stanley Cup Finals this fall.

UNINTERRUPTED Radio has landed on Pandora. The curated station features music that top NBA and WNBA players listen to, packaged in three selectable modes.

That's what Bill Leitch writes in a column at MLB.com. Leitch says, while TV is doing the best it can to cover these unusual looking games, with radio the game sounds almost indistinguishable from the way it has always sounded. "It's the closest I have found to actually escaping into baseball during this time, legitimately finding myself soothed by the game."

Are they peaceful protests or are they riots? Bonneville's KTTH-AM Seattle host Jason Rantz was in the middle of the mayhem for ten hours this past Saturday. We spoke to Rantz yesterday to get his take on the situation.

Stephens Media Group names Dan Manella GM for its Tri-Cities, Washington Market. Manella has held Sales Management and General Management positions in Spokane, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Honolulu. He was most recently with Cherry Creek Media.

On Monday Radio Ink published a column from long-time respected radio consultant and former Cumulus executive Mike McVay. The column, It’s Time For a Softer, Gentler Touch On The Air, detailed how hosts should look for positive news, rather than focus on the doom and gloom news of the day. That approach didn't sit well with syndicated host Tom Kent.

Mike Greenberg's new 12P-2P show on ESPN Radio begins August 17. It will be called Greeny, not The Mike Greenberg Show as ESPN had originally announced. It's been three years since Greenberg left the popular Mike & Mike morning show for Television.

Audio imaging company created the new site with the EuroArt team in Croatia. And of course audio is highlighted throughout the site. Check it out HERE.

Urban One in Atlanta has happily announced the return of Ryan Cameron to Majic 107.5/97.5. Cameron has been off the air for several months while recuperating from surgery. His first shift back will be Monday afternoon from 2pm to 6pm.