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Authorities in Central Texas are trying to find the person responsible for knocking several M&M Broadcasting stations off the air. PD David Smoak said wires and cables were cut and the stations went dark.

Morning hosts John Flint and Tammy Lee have signed multi-year extensions to remain on 103.7 KSON (KSON-FM) in San Diego. Flint and Lee have co-hosted the morning drive on KSON since 2011.

Washington, DC, sports station ESPN 630 has recruited two veteran DC sports broadcast personalities, Andy Pollin and Bram Weinstein, to its on-air team.

iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman is one of the Most Powerful People in Radio. He has been since joining the radio industry in late 2010. And, he's been on Radio Ink's 40 Most Powerful People in Radio list since 2011. Our 2019 list is out. Here's a portion of our interview with Pittman in that issue.

Commonwealth Broadcasting has hired Will David for afternoon drive on WOVO-FM in Bowling Green, Kentucky. David was doing weekends and fill-in shifts at WJXA-FM in Nashville. WJXA is owned by Midwest Communications.

Things got testy on WMPR's Wanda Evers show when two local lawmakers got into a profanity laced argument live on the air. It is politics after all, so it would seem to be par for the course in today's political climate. Here are the details from this silliness.

Steve Chessare has joined Townsquare Media as Market President and Chief Revenue Officer for its Princeton, NJ, cluster, which includes WPST-FM, WNJE-AM (920 The Jersey), and WCHR-AM 1040.

Beasley Media Group’s Classic Rock 102.9 WMGK-FM/Philadelphia will lose legendary midday personality Debbi Calton to retirement on December 6. She's been on the air at the station in the same daypart for 26 years.

Griffin Communications-owned Country station KVOO-FM in Tulsa has a new morning show, The Amber & Brooks Morning Show, with hosts Amber Glaze and Brooks Williams.

Premiere Networks-syndicated personality Delilah returned as a host for the annual Broadway in Bryant Park summer performance series in New York.