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Washington correspondent Jamie Dupree lost his voice in 2016 due to a rare neurological condition with no cure to date. Now, a new documentary, Voice of Reason tells his story, from diagnosis to comeback.

The NFL’s Oakland Raiders are Vegas bound in 2020. For their last year in Oakland, KYMT-FM/Las Vegas is getting in to cover the Raiders’ 2019 season. Under a new agreement, the station will broadcast pre-season, regular season, and post-season games.

New York State public radio station WSKG is reporting on its website that Out of Bounds, hosted by Tish Pearlman, is going out of production in early June after 14 years due to a lack of funding.

Entercom New York stations WCBS-FM and WNEW-FM have welcomed Michelle Stevens as their new Assistant Program Director. Throughout her career, Stevens has guided more than 100 stations in over 20 markets.

Those are the words of iHeart CEO Bob Pittman in a very positive report on the car radio from CBS TV. Radio Historian Donna Halper is also in the story and says, "When I was sitting in the car listening to those songs, it was the DJ that really spoke to me." The report also checks in with Cousin Brucie, now 83 years old, who's been on radio for over 50 years.

Our story last week about Mike Crute's plan for liberal talk radio generated a lot of feedback from our readers, including this comment from KCAA CEO Fred Lundgren...

Townsquare has hired Libby Nolan as Market President and Chief Revenue Officer for its Quincy-Hannibal local media cluster. Prior to joining Townsquare, Nolan was General Sales Manager for Entercom and Emmis in St. Louis.

(By Bob McCurdy) This past week I had a conversation with a General Manager of an Audi dealership, suggesting to him that while his primary target was adults 25-54, he shouldn’t be content reaching only adults 25-54, as that was likely a short- and long-term recipe for declining sales.

In a blog post Friday, Spotify let everyone in on the rumor about its in-car device. Turns out Spotify's "Car Thing" is not something users will be able to buy to listen to their music. It's more like Nielsen's Portable People Meter. It's a measurement device.

And they plan to spill the beans about their firing during their first show back on May 27. In January, KIRO-FM canceled the show by not renewing the contract for the popular Seattle morning team. The Ron & Don Show was heard on KIRO for 13 years before it was abruptly canceled 11 minutes after the show ended on January 10.