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98.5 KFOX (KUFX-FM,San Jose) welcomed a new morning show this week. San Jose's Great Radio Experiment was created from in-house talent at the Bonneville Classic Rocker.

A campaign commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the first Pride Parade in Los Angeles has been launched by iHeartMedia. The campaign features a series of vignettes airing across participating LA based iHeartMedia stations along with personality, artist and celebrity voiced Pride messages and videos across the stations’ social platforms.

Salem Radio Network host Larry Elder premiered a new documentary he produced June 19. Elder served as the Executive Producer of UNCLE TOM: An Oral History of the American Black Conservative.

Beasley Media Group Detroit is hosting Solutions Not Slogans. The Zoom event will bring together community leaders to discuss ways to bridge the gap between residents and the Police department.

Global Goal: Unite for Our Future - The Concert will air on more than 100 iHeartMedia stations and streaming platforms Saturday, June 27. The concert is part of an effort to combat the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on marginalized communities.

The Independent Broadcasters Association is closer to its goal of landing 3,000 stations to launch with another 600 stations committing last week. Adams Radio Group CEO Ron Stone says 424 owners running 2,395 radio stations are now on the roster.

After decades on Boston's WAAF Mistress Carrie made a lot of Rock and Roll contacts before the station was sold to EMF earlier this year. The Mistress Carrie podcast is a weekly interview show where she taps into those contacts including Brent Smith from Shinedown and Corey Taylor from Slipnot.

(By Mike McVay) To program a great radio station, you must have many different components working together harmoniously. The following are the components I strongly believe in given my experience as a major market PD and air-talent and 30 years as a conultant.

Benztown and P1 Media Group are hosting a webinar Thursday called Why Great Talent is Needed More Than Ever. The event will be hosted by Benztown CEO Andreas Sannemann and P1 Media Group's Ken Benson. Steve Reynolds of The Reynolds Group will be a guest.

Colorado Springs-based Way Media has announced a series of promotions at the Christian content ministry. CEO John Scaggs said, “We’ve spent the last few months setting new priorities and goals, as well as restructuring our executive leadership team to meet these challenges."