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After 13 years with sports talker WJFK-FM (106.7 the Fan) in Washington, DC, Chad Dukes has been let go. Entercom's reason for the firing was “racist and other inappropriate comments” made on his podcast.

Bluewater Broadcasting adds a new member to its all-male morning show on News Talk WACV-FM in Montgomery Alabama. Jessie Lynn is a multiple award-winning independent country music singer/songwriter and Nashville recording artist.

Nia Marciante has been named Promotions Director for iHeartMedia Washington, DC’s WASH-FM and WMZQ-FM. Marciante will report to Kim Sauer, Marketing Director for iHeartMedia’s Washington, DC, region.

Yes the money is nice but the company also gets three board seats, including the Chairman's seat, and a big piece of the company. Here's how the investment will work.

Sam Williams, Gospel Radio Host for more than 50 years, has died. He was 93 years old.

The KXLY Radio Group in Spokane has launched OPERATION: GRUB and GROWLERS. With restaurants and businesses forced to follow restrictions on how they operate, the KXLY Radio Group is doing everything they can to help them keep their doors open.

Mainstream media outlets are even covering it. Typically when a streaker or crazy fan runs out on to a field of play, the announcers and the cameras ignore the person. The last thing anyone wants to do is encourage these people to get their 15 minutes of fame by disrupting a nationally broadcast sporting event. We spoke to Westwood One's Monday Night Football announcer Kevin Harlan about why he made that hilarious call.

Our thanks to Megan Black of Second Street for sharing another advertiser success story with Radio Ink. This one comes from Entercom Portland's Sam Tongue and involved taking an annual Home Improvement sweepstakes to the next level. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media).

How to celebrate 25 years of radio syndication? If you’re Tom Joyner, you take the show on the road. Joyner has announced the One More Time Experience multi-city tour, which includes concerts that bring the music and celebration of his daily show. 

CRS Radio Holdings owns "The Point" (WHGM) in Havre de Grace, MD. The station's new morning show will be called Mallow in the Morning, featuring Justin Mallow. Mallow joins The Point from WKBE 107.1 FM The Point in Glens Falls, New York, located about 15 minutes from the Saratoga Race Track, where he has been for the past six years.