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Longstanding Cape May-Atlantic City Alternative station WJSE The Rock has unveiled its rebranding as Planet 106.3 WJSE, Real Alternative Radio. The rebranding incorporates a new logo and aesthetic, and a completely redesigned website designed to reflect the Planet brand.

The upcoming Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference is offering a Leadership Roundtable that you can't afford to miss! The Hispanic Radio Executive Leadership Roundtable will be part of the day one offerings June 22 in Miami.

The interest in purchasing FM translators continue to be high and they are selling for big money. Broker Dick Kozako tells Radio Ink that W288CS (105.5mhz) in Rochester is being purchased for $650,000 by Blue Light Communications in New York City. The sellers are Russell Kimble and Patricia Anderson

The Locked On Podcast Network has added the Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show to its roster. Nate Duncan, host of the popular Dunc’d On podcast, joins NBA analytics pioneer and former Memphis Grizzlies VP of Basketball Operations, John Hollinger, for a new podcast on the league.

R&B station WDAS/Philadelphia has named Adimu Colon the new host of The Quiet Storm, weekday nights. Colon joins the WDAS from Washington, DC.

Replacing the La Tricolor format, Entravision launches La Suavecita on KRZY-FM (105.9). La Suavecita is a Grupero/Cumbia format, targeting women 25-49 and adults 25-54.

More money is coming in for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital courtesy of Cenla Broadcasting. Two Cenla stations in Alexandria, Louisiana, KRRV 100.3 and 98.7 Kiss FM (KKST), raised more than $86,000 during their annual radiothon.

All Dolphins games can be heard on Sportsradio 560 WQAM and KISS 99.9, the flagship stations of the Miami Dolphins Radio Network. And here's the 2016 radio broadcast team.

The iHeartMedia Network Groups President has his contract extended where he'll continue to oversee the iHeartRadio Network, Premiere Networks, Total Traffic + Weather Network, and the NBC News Radio Network, as well as iHeartMedia’s in-house audio and visual creative agency. Davis has been on Radio Ink's 40 Most Powerful People in Radio list for the past four years, this year at #15.

The National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation has announced the addition of seven industry veterans to its board of directors. The new board members hail from diverse corners of the broadcasting industry with executives from Salem, Urban One, and more.