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SiriusXM and BMW have announced that SiriusXM with 360L will be available to BMW customers for the first time in most of the 2021 BMW model year. The first models equipped with the platform are expected to be available later this summer.

Amy McGovern, most recently midday host of KOOL 105 (WKOL-FM) died in a motorcycle crash Wednesday evening. The Franklin County Vermont Sheriff's Department is continuing the investigation. 

As part of RAB’s Business Unusual initiative, the RAB has announced its next Open for Business live-video presentation, hosted by RAB CEO Erica Farber. “Open for Business with Purpose,” will take place July 22 and 12 p.m. Central. Here's the guest list...

The Breakfast Club is one of the most influential radio shows in the country, and certainly within the African American community. Following the ViacomCBS firing of Nick Cannon for anti-Semitic comments he made on his podcast, Breakfast Club co-host Charlamagne The God is showing support for Cannon.

Sandy Beach is ending his 23-year run on WBEN in Buffalo at the end of this month. Beach has been working in radio for 52 years. He broke into the business as a DJ for WKBW (now WWKB) in Buffalo back in 1968.

Broadcast ratings for nearly all of NPR's radio shows took a steep dive in major markets this spring. That's according to a report in NPR. They put the blame squarely on the coronavirus pandemic, saying the virus kept many Americans from commuting, and that caused the decline.

SportsGrid Radio Network, formerly the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, is bringing sports talker Scott Ferrall back to San Diego’s Mightier 1090 AM in August. Ferrall will host Coast to Coast live from 1-3 p.m. and Ferrall on the Bench, live from 7-9 p.m. 

Hubbard Radio Minnesota named Mat Mitchell Brand and Content Director for KSTP-FM (KS95). Mitchell was most recently with iHeart Radio in Phoenix where he was the PD for Top 40 KZZP, Hot AC KMXP, and Adult Hits KYOT for the past seven years.

The NAB is counting down the days to the centennial anniversary of the first commercial radio broadcast, which took place on November 2, 1920. As part of the online and on-air #Radio100 campaign, NAB released the #Radio100 toolkit to help stations celebrate the milestone.

President Donald Trump has appointed Salem Radio Network host Dr. Sebastian Gorka to the National Security Education Board. Gorka advised the Trump campaign in 2016, and joined the White House in early 2017 as a strategic advisor on national security.