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iHeartMedia has announced special guest appearances from Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett, Martha Stewart, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, Paris Hilton, Shonda Rhimes, Will Ferrell and Wilmer Valderrama during the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards. The event is virtual due to COVID.

WISE-AM Ashville, NC Sports Talker Pat Ryan was first diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer back in 2018. After 6 months of chemo he moved to immunotherapy. Earlier this month, as ABC-TV points out in this story, the cancer returned to where more chemo was needed.

Alpha Media, West Palm Beach, changed WMEN from Fox Sports 640 to 640 The Hurricane over the holiday weekend. The station will still be an all-sports Fox affiliate, but the station now says it will "carry more edge and attitude."

Alpha Media, San Jose, has named Daena Kramer General Sales Manager. Kramer started her radio career in Las Vegas with CBS Radio in 2007. As an account executive for CBS Las Vegas, Kramer led the cluster in digital revenue and new local business.

Bill Lacy, one of Buffalo's longest running morning personalities, has announced his retirement from radio after a 50-year career. Lacy has anchored the Classic Hits 104.1 (WHTT-FM) morning show since joining the station in April 2002.

TuneIn has appointed Tom Fuelling as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining TuneIn, Fuelling served as CFO for Hulu, OpenX, ARTISTdirect and most recently, Spokeo.

New Jersey Broadcasters Association President Paul Rotella believes so and he's filed a letter on behalf of NJBA members with the FCC requesting the Commission hold off on raising regulatory fees at its next meeting May 13th.

(by Ron Schadt) Back when I was in 8th grade, which was about two months before rocks were formed, I sat in geography class, and as usual was paying no attention to where Egypt or Mesopotamia were located. Instead, I was drawing out a schematic of the class B modulator with a pair of 6L6’s that I wanted to build for my 40 meter CW rig. 

Audacy confirmed on October 30 that its efforts to overturn the New York Stock Exchange decision regarding the delisting of its Class A Common Stock were unsuccessful. Subsequently, the NYSE has officially lodged a Form 25 with the SEC.

Hank Goldberg, known as Hammerin’ Hank, died at the age of 82 after battling chronic kidney disease. Goldberg worked in local radio in Miami, also for ESPN Radio and was a Miami Dolphins radio analyst for 25 years.