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Beasley Media Group Philadelphia employees rolled up their sleeves during the cluster’s recent Beasley Best “Day of Caring” event to lend a helping hand to the City of Philadelphia Community Life Improvement Program.

Country station KYGO/Denver has signed morning host Tracy Dixon to a multi-year contract extension. Dixon has been a part of KYGO mornings for five years and has co-hosted with Guy David the past 14 months as Tracy & Guy in the Morning. 

KKSW 105.9 KISS/Lawrence, KS, has added Joshua James to their on-air lineup as midday host — Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. James has worked in the Kansas City market since 2006.

Oliviero was one of the executives who stayed on with Entercom following the merger with CBS Radio. At CBS Oliviero Executive VP of Programming. He retained that title upon completion of the merger. Oliviero, who's been on Radio Ink's Top 20 Leaders List for the past two years, says it's time to move on.

Radio Ink's very popular Most Influential Women in Radio issue is now available. This massively thick issue not only includes 30 pages of success secrets from radio's most successful women, it also features Entravision's Angie Balderas on the cover. Our 2018 MIW list will only be published in our print and digital issue; it will not be posted online.

Those are the words from respected Wall Street analyst Marci Ryvicker who hosted a luncheon for investors and Entercom management Wednesday. 35 investors attended, "which should tell you the level of interest investors have" in Entercom, according to Ryvicker. Let's get to the details...

A one-page document was filed with the court yesterday by judge James Whittemore directed both sides back into mediation. Nielsen and Bubba's representatives must meet with the judge today to schedule that mediation.

The iHeartRadio syndicated country host is pushing his new motivational book called Fail Until You Don't. The Post did an interview with Bones and rehashed a 2016 statement he made to Rolling Stone where he told the magazine that only Howard Stern was a better interviewer than he is because he (Bones) asks human questions.

Country Radio Broadcasters held the 2018 Country Radio Hall of Fame dinner and awards ceremony this week in Nashville. Seven on-air personalities and two off-air broadcasters were recognized. A highlight was Emmis New York Market Manager Charlie Morgan receiving the 2018 President’s Award.

Cumulus heritage station WDVD-FM/Detroit has signed Lauren Crocker to a multi-year extension as co-host of The Blaine Fowler Morning Show, a position she's held since 2015.