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Following our Thursday story about the passing of Bob McCurdy, so many of you left comments and sent private messages about the impact Bob made on your life. We appreciate you sharing your fond memories. If you missed any of those comments Thursday, they are below our story here, and we certainly believe worth a read. 

Mike Golic spent 22 years hosting mornings on ESPN Radio. Good Karma's ESPN radio stations will celebrate that accomplishment with “22 hours of Golic.” Friday is Golic's last day on ESPN Radio.

As Mike Golic prepares to step away from the ESPN Radio microphone tomorrow, his former morning show partner of 18 years, Mike Greenberg, delivered a very nice tribute to his friend. You can watch what Greenberg said HERE.

Notre Dame is one of the most recognizable brands in all of sports. Notre Dame Global Partnerships, the rightsholder for the University of Notre Dame’s Athletics Department, has signed a deal with Skyview Networks.

Viacom’s CBS Audio Network and Skyview Networks have renewed their partnership for network sales and distribution. The two companies have been working together since 2018.

The RAB has announced that the deadline to enter the 2020 Radio Mercury Awards has been extended to Monday, August 17. There is no charge to enter. All the info is HERE.

Scott Jameson is the new Director of Programming for Beasley's Detroit cluster. Jameson's last gig was with Cumulus as VP of Classic Rock Programming, PD at KQRS-FM and Ops Manager for 2 other stations in Minneapolis. He replaces Jerry Tarrants who exited earlier this month.

Al Beck is the new nighttime personality Beasley Media Group's 96 K-ROCK (WRXK-FM) in Fort Myers, Florida. The new duties were added to his present work at WRIF-FM in Detroit and ROCK 92.9 in Boston.

Stephens Media Group has named Doug Gann, General Manager of the Alexandria, Louisiana Market. This is his first radio management position, but he is no stranger to radio.

The Ad Council has announced the winners of the annual Project Yellow Light scholarship competition. Two scholarships, sponsored by iHeartMedia, were awarded for radio PSAs.