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The Federal Communications Commission has sent out a notice that the agency will be available all weekend to any broadcasters in Puerto Rico and Florida effected by Tropical Storm Dorian. The FCC Operations Center can be reached by phone at 202-418-1122 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Drew Heyman has been named Music Director and weekday afternoon drive host for Top 40 Y100 (WHYI).

KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM, in Denver, have a new lineup, starting September 3. The lineup will feature 18 hours of daily live and local programming, including the addition of the new afternoon show Big Al & JoJo.

Here's a radio station that could use a helping hand from friends in the industry. During a thunderstorm earlier this month, lightning struck the transmitter building of Harbert Hills Academy’s radio station, WDNX, in Savannah, TN, resulting in a fire that engulfed the building and destroyed the transmitter and other equipment.

The NFL’s Cleveland Browns might be among the league’s perennial strugglers, but their fans will be glad to hear they now have their own SiriusXM show. Dawg Pound Radio will debut September 4.

ESPN Radio has reached a long-term Local Marketing Agreement and lease with Good Karma, which calls for Good Karma to assume operations and control of ESPN Radio Chicago (WMVP-AM).

With the addition of WTQS-AM (with an FM translator at 97.1), Community Broadcasters now has three stations carrying its News Talk Network in South Carolina.

WAMU 88.5, Washington, DC’s NPR news station, has launched Dish City, a seven-episode podcast series that dives deep into the District’s most distinctive and revealing foods. 

In recent weeks two stories of podcasters using content without giving proper credit have made national news. The Podcast Business Journal addresses that issue HERE by conducting interviews with eight podcasting experts.

Weekend host and columnist Chris Russell was talking on his cell phone to Chad Dukes on 106.7 The Fan when he was pulled over by police. Talking on your phone and driving is illegal in Washington D.C.