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There’s a new late-night sports show that wants to make that time slot livelier. The SB Nation Radio network’s The Second Level With Eytan Shander launches March 11, on stations across the country.

Erroll Reese is the co-host of the Sports Shop morning show on Capitol Broadcasting's sports radio station in Raleigh. Channel 11 in Raleigh is reporting that Reese lost 8 family members in the deadly tornado Sunday, the youngest family member was 14.

Van Riggs is the Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia in Alabama. iHeart's facility is in Opelika, AL, which is right on the city limit line with Auburn. It's also about 15 miles north from where the killer tornado touched down this past Sunday.

Is the revenue tide turning for radio? After another Q4 earnings call, we have yet another happy radio CEO. With a nice kiss from political revenue in the fourth quarter of 2018, Urban One turned in a healthy 4.1% increase to end the year. That was highlighted by a 16.5% boost from the radio division.

Edison Research and Triton Digital released details from the 2019 Infinite Dial study on Wednesday and the stats for radio were very good.

It should come as no surprise, with the amount of attention the medium has been getting over the past year, that podcasting was the big winner in the Infinite Dial Study. For the first time ever, one out of every two Americans has now listened to a podcast.

Despite declining listening numbers, Pandora is still the most popular digital audio brand in the vehicle. The streaming pure play has 89% brand awareness among the 12-plus U.S. population.

On Wednesday, Great Lakes Media CEO Tom Langmyer announced four additions to his leadership team, including John Gehron and Gabe Hobbs. He also said GLM now plans to purchase stations in major markets as opposed to middle and smaller markets.

No word yet on what programming will be available; CEO Rob Koblasz says that will begin rolling out shortly. The name of the new company is Key Networks, and will be led by Koblasz and Sun & Fun Media CRO, and former Westwood One executive, Dennis Green.

All 58 Univision radio stations will now fall under the Uforia Audio Network. The Univision stations, while integrating Uforia Audio Network content and events into their lineups, will retain their local branding, including all on-air and offline promotions and identity.