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Premiere Networks-syndicated personalities John Boy and Billy, the Charlotte-based hosts of The Big Show, were honored with the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters’ 2017 Hall of Fame Award for their outstanding contributions to the broadcast industry in North Carolina.

After serving the ministry as a technical consultant for five months, WAY-FM Chief Operating Officer Lloyd Parker has announced that Dean Sims has joined the executive team as Chief Technology Officer. He starts July 1. Sims previously served as the Director of Global Technology Architecture at Compassion International in Colorado Springs.

This time on the radio station it purchased from Jeff Warshaw's Connoisseur Media in Box Elder, SD, back in 2013. Pandora purchased KXMZ-FM for $600,000 hoping to skirt around ASCAP and BMI fees by being considered a regular radio company. That never worked out. The pure-play streamer is now selling the station to Haugo Broadcasting in Rapid City for $300,000.

Back in 1987 when Emmis launched WFAN everyone questioned whether an all-Sports format would work on the radio. Today, CBS owns WFAN in New York City and it's the gold standard when it comes to Sports Talk stations. In honor of 30 years on the air, WFAN will celebrate this Thursday with a special day of live broadcasts.

The Home Depot ran 47,000 fewer spots last week than it did two weeks ago, however, 63,293 commercials on radio stations all across the country was still enough to take the top spot on the Media Monitors weekly chart. Lowe's was a distant second with 37,256, followed by GEICO (36,701), JC Penney (31,273), and AutoZone (27,160). There were no major movers on the chart last week.

The company has launched a new format from a translator operating at 94.7 in Charlotte. The station is called "94.7 Smoke" and the format is Southern Rock. Smoke launched at 6 a.m. on Monday with 10,000 songs in a row commercial free.

In New Orleans, Cumulus moves its NASH Country station from 92.3 to 106.1 and launches a new Alternative Rock station, ALT 92.3 FM, on WRKN-FM. Market Manager Pat Galloway said, “WRKN-FM stands tall at 100,000 watts and 2,000 feet, twice as big as any radio station in New Orleans or Baton Rouge."

The Philadelphia station’s 11th Annual John DeBella Veterans Radiothon raised the impressive sum which goes to the Veterans Multi-Service Center. The VMC’s mission is to provide services, programs, opportunities, and advancement to veterans.

After a social media backlash, CBS' KNCI in Sacramento apologized to its listeners for cancelling a performance by Lindsay Ell. The reason for the cancellation: Ell is dating morning man Bobby Bones. Bones is syndicated by iHeartMedia-owned Premiere and heard on KNCI competitor 92.5 The Bull in Sacramento.

Football season will be here before you know it now that both the NBA and NHL seasons have concluded. On Monday, AdLarge Media announced the schedule of NCAA College Football Games from Touchdown Radio, the network founded by former University of Miami QB Gino Torretta. AdLarge handles national ad sales for the network. Here's the schedule of games...