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Christopher Squire has been named Vice President of Sales, iHeartMedia Philadelphia. Squire leaves the General Sales Manager post at Townsquare Media in Trenton/Princeton.

WAKY 790 AM, Louisville is reporting the death of longtime DJ Johnny Randolph. He was PD and DJ for the station during the 60's and 70's.

News Radio 1120 KMOX (KMOX-AM), returns as a Chiefs Radio Network affiliate station. The station will simulcast play-by-play broadcasts from sister station 106.5 The Wolf (WDAF-FM).

Between June 8 and July 5, NPR averaged over 43 million weekly podcast downloads from its 52 shows, crushing the competition. Stitcher, which Triton ranked 2nd, had 23.3 weekly downloads and that was from 277 shows. Entercom dropped to third with 23 million downloads from its 375 shows. 

It all began last night. Two regular season baseball games in Washington D.C. with the Yankees winning over the Nationals, and in Los Angeles, where the Dodgers beat the Giants. In our final installment of Baseball on The Radio, we hear from iHeart's SVP of Sports Programming, Don Martin.

The Independent Broadcasters Association is in business. Adams Radio Group CEO Ron Stone says he's filed articles of incorporation in the State of Minnesota and a board meeting is set for next week. Let's see who will sit on that board....

The D.C. Council recently proposed a 3% sales tax on businesses that buy advertising on TV, radio, print and digital outlets. No other state in the nation has this tax. On Thursday the DC Council approved an amendment that would remove that proposal.

It appears Mike Francesa will be retiring from WFAN once again. He announced on Thursday that Friday will be his final show. Let the Craig Carton speculation begin.

GeoBroadcast Solutions has launched its Castings blog to provide radio broadcasters with information on its technology and to create a forum for discussion about radio. The first blog, written by Chief Technology Officer Bill Hieatt, is called Giving Boosters Their Best Shot. Check it out HERE.

The L.A. Chargers will have a new Spanish-language radio team. Both fixtures in L.A. sports for more than two decades, Francisco Pinto will provide color commentary, Adrian Garcia Marquez will be the play-by-play man on Que Buena 105.5/94.3 FM.