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Country Radio Hall of Famer, CMA award winner, Bob Robbins has died. Robbins has been heard in Central Arkansas since 1967, when he started his career at Top 40 KAAY/Little Rock. He spent 34 years with Country KSSN before moving over to Classic Country.

Next up in our series on finding high-performance Account Executives is Massimo Rosati, President of Binnie Media. The privately owned, New Hampshire-based company operates stations across Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

Skyview Networks has promoted four people in its Business Development Department. The company said the reorganization will help fortify leadership to achieve key growth targets.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is set to release a new season of Wiser Than Me in the spring of 2024. The podcast, in collaboration with Lemonada Media, returns for insightful discussions with a diverse array of women, celebrated for their extensive life experiences.

Lisa Dollinger is the CEO of Dollinger Strategic Communication, based out of San Antonio, Texas. Dollinger is very well known to the radio industry, having helped clients grow their business and brands for over 20 years now. She was the first employee (VP of Communications) for Capstar Broadcasting working with CEO Steve Hicks.

Entercom and the National Urban League are partnering to advance racial justice and equity initiatives. The partnership will promote Urban League programs in education, job training, entrepreneurship and more.

The FCC has slapped one pair of NYC pirates with the largest fine Congress allows - $2,316,034. This could only be the beginning, as post-COVID sweeps ramp up to hunt down illegal broadcasters under new PIRATE Act powers.

According to the latest data released from Nielsen, Classic Hits and Classic Rock stations are battling to become the top format of the summer. From June to July, Classic Hits, benefited from an increase in share of audience across all three major demographics Nielsen monitors. And you may be surprised where the big gains came from...

Scott Van Pelt will join ESPN’s podcast lineup with SVPod, to debut Tuesday, Jan. 14. The popular anchor of late-night’s SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt and former ESPN Radio host will present the weekly show.

McGill will take over the 1P to 3P slot on June 1st. The show will be a mix of local news, entertainment and human interest topics. McGill returns one year after stepping down from WVON's afternoon drive slot which he hosted with Kimberly Egonwman. He replaces Keeping it Real with Al Sharpton.