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Philadelphia-based radio hosts Rich De Sisto and Paul Kelly are launching season two of their podcast AIRCHECK. De Sisto and Kelly interview radio pros from every job in the industry.

Armando Perez Roura was a popular host on Jorge Rodriguez's La Poderosa 670 Miami. Perez Roura died at the age of 92 from a heart attack. He fled Cuba in the 1960's and became a radio star, using the medium to argue against the Fidel Castro regime.

The iHeartMedia Boston NBC10 “One Night Only” concert special featuring Kane Brown, Old Dominion, Kelsea Ballerini,  Jon Pardi, Maren Morris, Lauren Alaina and Jimmie Allen raised over $38,000 to benefit St. Jude  Children’s Research Hospital.

(By Matty Staudt) If you recently lost your job, you may be hoping you can create a podcast that will make you a decent living. That sounds great, but I want to caution you to really do your homework first.

(By Gary Berkowitz) Format changes are nothing new to radio. But when three stations all change format in one market, on one day, now that’s news!

Like every business and industry, radio took a hit to the gut that decimated advertising revenue, strained resources, shut down studios, and had staff scrambling to set up remote office locations in 2020. Everyone was impacted, but to leaders fell the greatest responsibility any had ever faced, making decisions they never before had to make.

Townsquare Media has hired Mason Benitez to run the company's Victoria Texas 4-station cluster. Benitez joins Townsquare from Cumulus where he oversaw sales in Beaumont, Texas and Lake Charles, Louisiana. He also worked for CBS Radio in Houston.

Streaming company ​TuneIn has hired Richard Stern as its new CEO. Stern replaces Juliette Morris who was promoted to CEO, from CMO, in July of 2019. Before joining TuneIn Stern led Audible’s global product and design organizations.

Before COVID-19 blanketed the United States, bringing most gatherings to an end, radio remotes were a vital tool in the arsenal of a radio sales rep. Today, as Cumulus Media's Pierre Bouvard points out in his latest blog, stations must get creative with virtual events to fill the remote void.