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It all began last night. Two regular season baseball games in Washington D.C. with the Yankees winning over the Nationals, and in Los Angeles, where the Dodgers beat the Giants. In our final installment of Baseball on The Radio, we hear from iHeart's SVP of Sports Programming, Don Martin.

The D.C. Council recently proposed a 3% sales tax on businesses that buy advertising on TV, radio, print and digital outlets. No other state in the nation has this tax. On Thursday the DC Council approved an amendment that would remove that proposal.

It appears Mike Francesa will be retiring from WFAN once again. He announced on Thursday that Friday will be his final show. Let the Craig Carton speculation begin.

GeoBroadcast Solutions has launched its Castings blog to provide radio broadcasters with information on its technology and to create a forum for discussion about radio. The first blog, written by Chief Technology Officer Bill Hieatt, is called Giving Boosters Their Best Shot. Check it out HERE.

The L.A. Chargers will have a new Spanish-language radio team. Both fixtures in L.A. sports for more than two decades, Francisco Pinto will provide color commentary, Adrian Garcia Marquez will be the play-by-play man on Que Buena 105.5/94.3 FM.

Entercom's Cadence13 is creating a new podcast called Zack to the Future, a weekly podcast hosted by Saved by the Bell's Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Zack Morris is Trash creator Dashiell Driscoll.

iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell have announced the first six co-produced shows set to join the Big Money Players Network of comedy podcasts.

The Co-Anchor of the KCBS Radio Morning News, Susan Leigh Taylor is retiring. She has been behind the morning mic at the all news station since 1997.

Humans and pets alike have faced food insecurity issues during COVID times. iHeartMedia Connecticut had success with a food bank drive in June and now has helped animal shelters in a similar way.

Autumn Joi and John Monds are joining 96.3 WHUR. Both have logged airtime in the DC radio market.