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Clarence M. Mitchell IV, known to audiences as C4, and Bryan Nehman have been paired for a new morning show on WBAL NewsRadio 1090/FM 101.5. The pair of Baltimore radio vets hosted separate shows on the Hearst station.

WBBM Newsradio has said goodbye to sports anchor George Ofman and radio traffic and spot news helicopter reporter Kris Habermehl. According to a report, the moves were announced in an email to staff Tuesday.

Radio host Mike Opelka started a Goya “buy-cott” last week after the CEO of Goya Foods was criticized for going to the White House and praising Donald Trump. Many people, including N.Y Rep. Alexandira Ocasio-Cortez called for a boycott of Goya Food products. Here's how Opelka turned that around.

The company said Nick Cannon, who is the host of the TV show Wild ‘N Out, promoted hateful speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on an episode of his podcast Cannon's Class. Cannon also hosts mornings on Meruelo's Power 106 in Los Angeles.

As part of the Open for Business series, RAB’s next live-video presentation, Thinking and Budgeting Like an Owner addresses revenue declines due to COVID-19 and how to budget for 2021. Bonneville's Melissa Mitchell is the guest July 29 at 12 p.m. Central

The Satellite radio company announced that Jonelle Procope is joining its Board of Directors. Procope is the President and CEO of the Apollo Theater Foundation, a non-profit that operates the Apollo Theater in New York. She'll be paid a cash retainer of $100,000 and $175,000 in restricted stock.

SB Nation will now be called SportsMap Radio Network. Gow Media has owned the network for over ten years, when it acquired the assets of Sporting News Radio. Gow then rebranded the network to Yahoo Sports Radio for 5 years, then SB Nation Radio for 4.

The sports network says in June its podcasts were downloaded 42.7 million times, a 31% increase over June 2019. It was also the eighth month in the last nine that ESPN podcasts have been downloaded more than 40 million times.

Despite not having sports to talk about, FOX Sports Radio says it experienced record audience gains across its digital platforms last month. June was FSR’s second best month ever for podcast listens. 

Two radio broadcasters have been named to the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. The 2020 class was selected from nominations submitted by NYSBA members.