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SportsRadio WIP Philadelphia morning man Angelo Cataldi is the 2020 recipient of the Bill Campbell Broadcast Award which is presented by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association.

Well-known media broker Glenn Serafin, 69, passed away on Monday, January 20, 2020 in Tampa after suffering a massive stroke.



Jim Bohannon will be inducted into the Missouri Broadcasters Association’s Hall of Fame on Saturday, June 6, at the Lodge of Four Seasons in Lake Ozark.

Portland Variety station K103 (KKCW) will have a new morning show as of February 3 — K103 Mornings with Stacey & Mike.

Hispanic afternoon-drive comedy program Erazno y La Chokolata, which is heard on 77 radio stations in 50 markets, has entered into an exclusive ad and affiliate sales representation deal with Gen Media Partners.

Sun Broadcast Group has signed a syndication deal with  Tejano Nation, a two-hour entertainment news mix show featuring hits and emerging artists in Tejano (a style of folk or popular music originating among the Tejanos, the Mexican-American inhabitants of southern Texas).

Tracey Johnson has written a Survival Guide for those affected by the recent round of layoffs. Johnson experienced this himself and wants to help. "I was terminated in 1988. My phone rang. It was Scott Shannon. He told me he'd been following my career and said this would be a good thing and offered help. That moment remains a career highlight."

A 20/20 episode focusing on a man who killed his business partner and covered it up, will be broadcast on ABC television, Friday night. The partner podcast, called Cutthroat Inc., covering the story and including more details, will be released February 27.

Ben Downs, VP/GM of Bryan Broadcasting Corporation, is the new co-chair representing radio at the NABPA, the political action committee of NAB. Downs takes over as chair from William McElveen, Regional President of Alpha Media.

Hubbard announced on Tuesday that Randi West is joining its West Palm cluster as Program Director of WRMF-FM and Party 96.3 (WMBX-HD2). West spent eight years as the PD for WMTX in Tampa, and prior to that she was the PD at WDCG in Raleigh. She replaces Leo Baldwin who exited in November 2019.