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Zannie Glover has been named Program Director of Beasley Media Group’s 105.1 The BOUNCE and 105.9 KISS-FM in Detroit. Glover most recently served as the program director at KMOJ-FM.

TuneIn, in collaboration with the SEVENS Radio Network, has announced the relaunch of The Garth Channel, slated for later this fall. The channel, formerly available only to SiriusXM subscribers, will become globally accessible for free for the first time.

John Balyo, who is serving 40 years in prison, for sexually abusing a child, had his sentence reduced by two years for turning on a former friend, who also had a perverted sexual interest in children, and cooperating with authorities.

This news has been circulating for weeks and on Thursday The Department of Justice made it official. DOJ has decided no modifications should be made to the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees. Here's what you need to know...

Mike West will be the new on-air personality who will join Kris Daniels on KCYE 102.7, Las Vegas. Mornings with Kris and Mike will launch on Monday, February 15 and air from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m., Monday through Friday.

Our thanks to JazzRadio CEO Julian Allitt in Germany for sending in this international advertiser success story. JazzRadio Berlin has a bi-weekly cume of 528,000 listeners and, because the station is blockaded by bigger radio groups to stop them from getting national advertising, local and regional advertising clients are very important. Check out what they've done with The Ellington Hotel. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media).

Dave Koehn is the new Milwaukee Bucks radio play-by-play announcer for games on WTMJ Radio and the statewide BMO Bucks Radio Network. Most recently, Koehn was the play-by-play voice for University of Virginia Basketball and Football.

It's now been one week since Kevin Klein went AWOL after posting his now infamous bridge tweet that may wind up costing him his job. Entercom is still not saying a word about what will happen to their beleaguered San Diego morning man. We may know more Friday and here's why...

The NAB Education Foundation, in partnership with the Broadcast Education Association, will host its annual Career Fair September 7 at the Radio Show in Austin. The fair is intended to provide experienced professionals and entry-level job seekers an opportunity to network with radio companies.

And it's something that really seems to drive the national media nuts. In a recent Rose Garden press conference, President Donald Trump praised nationally syndicated talkers Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Both have been big supporters of Trump.