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The New York Post has announced it will launch Sources Say: A Page Six Podcast. Page Six editors Maggie Coughlan and Ian Mohr will host.

Podcasting is serious business for iHeartMedia which has several sessions set for Podcast Movement, including two keynotes: A Conversation with Conal Byrne, President, iHeartPodcast Network, and Stuff You Missed in History Class hosts Holly Frey & Tracy V. Wilson.

Peter Bowen has joined Townsquare as Director of Sales for its Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, IA, cluster. Bowen will lead the local sales team which includes KHAK-FM 98.1, KRNA-FM 94.1, KDAT-FM 104.5, and i107.1 KRQN.

Local ad revenue in Q2 was very weak, according to radio's public companies. This week we're checking in with privately held radio groups to see how local is performing for them. Today, Amador Bustos, President of Bustos Media, tells Radio Ink how local is looking in his neck of the woods.

Who saw this coming? In a quieter week in national radio advertising, Media Monitors has listed job search site Indeed, which aired 35,815 ads last week, as the leading advertiser in the country.

Dave Ramsey's syndication arm has added The Ken Coleman Show and it will launch in 25 markets across the country, including Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, Baton Rouge, Grand Rapids, and Riverside, CA. He hosted the show on SiriusXM and as a podcast since 2017.

Washington, DC, station ESPN 630 The Sports Capitol/WSBN is the new radio broadcast home of Army West Point Football for the 2019 season. This season, Army has big games against Michigan and the traditional clash with Navy.

Chris Petlak has been appointed on-air night personality/Director of Digital Content at WTMX/Chicago (101.9 THE MIX). Petlak moves to Hubbard Radio Chicago as the co-creator, Co-Executive Producer, writer, and lead on the TV series The Jamz on Amazon Prime and Apple TV.

ABC Radio will provide three, three-hour specials to affiliates for use over Labor Day weekend: “Labor Day Rock Rewind,” “Raised on ‘90s Country Salute,” and “America Works.”

Seton Hall University senior and WSOU 89.5 FM news director Robert Towey will co-lead a hands-on workshop at the Alternatives 2019 International Student Radio Conference, hosted at the University of Cambridge in England.