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Steve Pringle spent more than 25 years in radio across the Portland radio band. His journey found him on the airwaves at KINK, KMHD, and KGON.

The NAB Show has wrapped for another year. With an estimated 61,000 attendees learning, presenting, and networking in the Las Vegas Convention Center in 2024, NAB is showing a majority of first-time attendees from across the country and around the world.

After a mountain of criticism about what he said about the death of former pitching great Roy Halladay, WBZ-FM Boston host Mike Felger has quickly apologized. One of the things that got Felger in hot water was saying Halladay got what he deserved. Halladay was killed in a plane crash off the coast of Florida this week leaving behind a wife and two kids. Check out the Felger apology.

The Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio Group has added four new broadcast professionals to the Executive Committee. The group is also thanking two long-term members leaving the committee.

Patti LaBelle will receive the Service to America Leadership Award from the National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation. The award is the NABLF’s highest individual citation that is presented in recognition of honorees’ commitment to advocacy and public service.

Total Traffic and Weather Network has entered into an expanded newswire content agreement with The Joy FM. TTWN will provide news and show-prep content to The Joy FM network.

Former Fox News star Megyn Kelly has signed on with SiriusXM to host a new daily talk show starting September 7. The Megyn Kelly Show will air weekdays from 12-2pm ET on SiriusXM Triumph channel 111.

Long-time radio broadcaster Roger D. LeBrecht, known as “Don” to his friends, has passed away at age 80. He spent more than four decades in broadcasting and retired 14 years ago to his home with his wife, Thelma, in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.

The Podglomerate has hired Emmy Award-winning producer Chris Boniello as its new Vice President of Production Services. Boniello has spent the past decade as a senior editor for multi-million-dollar commercial video campaigns and TV series, overseeing productions for numerous Fortune 500.

Trila Bumstead owns 11 stations in Astoria, Oregon, Wasilla, Alaska, and Anchorage, Alaska. She worked at the stations since 1999 when she was with New Northwest Broadcasters. And in 2011, she purchased 9 of the 11 stations when NNB went through their sales process. Bumstead is part of the upcoming Independent Warrior Special Report in the May 23rd issue of Radio Ink Magazine. As part of that report, we asked every one of the independent operators we interviewed what they would like to see radio do better, to make it stronger. Trila Bumstead echoed what many had to say.