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In a market with a lot of heritage when it comes to spoken word programming serving its many Spanish speakers, something remarkable can be seen when looking at the most recent Nielsen Audio ratings for Miami-Fort Lauderdale.

The former WFAN morning show co-host is on trial for allegedly swindling investors out of millions of dollars in a ticket resale business, in part, to pay his gambling debts.

Rob Rush is the new PD and Brian Orlando the new APD for Connoisseur's WWSK/Long Island, NY (94.3 The Shark). Rush has been with the 94.3 FM frequency since December of 2003 and has served as Music Director for The Shark since August of 2017. Orlando, The Shark’s current morning show host, is taking on the additional responsibilities as Assistant Program Director.

Emmy Award-winning “Voice of the Yankees” and drive-time host on ESPN NY 98.7 FM Radio, Michael Kay, will become the first Fordham University alumnus to receive the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from the university's WFUV Radio.

After 13 years as PD and afternoon drive host at WXLC in Northern Chicago, Haynes Johns and Alpha Media have parted ways. Before WXLC, Johns was with WNND in Columbus for six years as APD/MD and afternoon drive host. He's also worked in Cincinnati, Dayton, and Jackson, MS.

What do you do when your station promotion attracts 20,000 attendees, generates incredible buzz and brings in serious revenue? You cancel it, of course. Here's why Entercom ending the event was exactly the right thing to do.

Saga Communications has entered into an agreement to purchase WOGK(FM), WNDT(FM), WNDD(FM), and WNDN(FM) from Ocala Broadcasting Corporation. All the stations serve the Gainesville-Ocala, Florida, radio market. The price was just over $9 million.

Country station 101.7 The Bull in Boston raised $123,000 to benefit St. Jude Children's Hospital with help from Lady Antebellum. An Intimate Evening with Lady Antebellum, an exclusive fundraising event at the Chevalier Theatre, featured a 1-hour acoustic concert from the group with all proceeds given to St. Jude.

Can Netflix become HBO before HBO becomes Netflix? And can radio survive without passion? Tom Asacker and media strategist Mark Ramsey will discuss.

(By Ronald Robinson) What is it going to take to, primarily, get radio back on the rails? An abrupt, industry-wide crash might be motivating.