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With all of the changes seen in the U.S. Hispanic market over the last two decades, there's one remarkable constant that's been seen: the top Spanish-language radio format today is the same format that dominated the ratings in 1998. How is this the case?

ABC Radio has well and truly geared up for the July 4th holiday weekend with four three-hour specials to affiliates: Red White and True-Blue Country Fan Salute, Red, White & Rock 2018, America’s Pastimes, and The Great American Car Show. Each program is hosted by a leading correspondent or music star.

The WMGK-FM host raised over $143,000 with his 13th Annual John DeBella Veterans Radiothon which supports local vets via the Veterans Multi-Service Center (VMC). The event took place on Friday, June 15 at the National Constitution Center. The station has raised over one million dollars to support vets in need.

Radio listeners have once again shown that they have big hearts. The 93.3 WMMR-FM (Philadelphia) Preston & Steve Show’s 13th Annual “I Bleed For Preston & Steve Blood Drive” produced 1,128 units of blood (including 147 Power Red donations) to benefit the American Red Cross Penn-Jersey Blood Services Region.

Scott Lilly has owned an advertising agency for the past 14 years, the last three years with a company called Hatch130 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He's worked with big brands such as the NBA, the NFL, Steward Health Care, The University of Bridgeport and smaller businesses as well. Our thanks to Connoisseur Media's Kristin Okesson for introducing us to Lilly who we've interviewed as part of our ongoing series about the relationship radio has was advertising agencies.

He's been the Senior Vice President of Programming at Radio One since 2007. Last night Stevens confirmed he's leaving the company at the end of July. He told Radio Ink he'll be taking a break. 

Cumulus Media's SVP of Development and Strategy Collin Jones did a wide ranging interview with Rodney Ho from The Atlanta Journal Constitution this week, covering everything from emerging from bankruptcy to whether or not Cumulus stations will be coming off the iHeartRadio music app. Here are the highlights from that interview.

Matty Staudt is joining the iHeartRadio podcast team as Vice President of Podcast Programming. Staudt moves over to iHeartRadio from his role as Digital PD for iHeart in San Francisco, where he launched more than 30 original podcasts and developed a local branded podcast strategy. 

A new podcast from Wondery, Inside Jaws, delivers groundbreaking details on Hollywood’s most iconic director and the movie Jaws – real-life victims, Steven Spielberg’s crippling trauma, stuntmen evading death, and an unsolved murder.

Amazon’s new Alexa for Hospitality is now available for hotel owners and iHeartRadio is the default music selection. Guests can just say, “Alexa, play music,” and the Echo devices will automatically launch iHeartRadio.