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Grammy winner Joe Diffie isn’t giving up his music career, and he'll still play his full slate of gigs, but Griffin Communications has pulled off a coup signing Diffie as a new voice for Big Country 99.5 in Tulsa, OK.

The nationally syndicated Free Beer and Hot Wings Show has added Kelly Cheesborough to the lineup as co-host and Producer, beginning April 1.

It's a multi-year deal with digital media company LiveXLive Media that combines content, production, distribution, and promotion. The partnership gives LiveXLive exclusive global live-streaming rights for 17 iHeartRadio marquee events this year

This story will have many managers across the country firing up their computers to make sure their online public file is current. The FCC is investigating Entercom after a complaint was filed against the company's Buffalo cluster claiming a Congressional candidate was overcharged in 2018.

WAMO-FM in Pittsburgh was burglarized Monday. According to GM Jamal Woodson, over $10,000 worth of equipment was taken. The station posted a surveillance video on Facebook which shows a man wandering around the station, to make sure nobody's there, before he walks off with computers, speakers, microphones and other equipment.

Michael Fashana is the man who has won the job in a market where Hubbard operates five stations: KQMV 92.5 FM (MOViN 92.5), KNUC 98.9 FM (The Bull), KRWM 106.9 FM (WARM 106.9), KIXI 880 AM, and KKNW 1150 AM.

That’s the length of his new daily radio program The O’Reilly Update. It marks a return to radio for the controversial media personality who hosted The Radio Factor from 2002-2009.

Next up in our series with successful sales managers is Greg Davis Jr., VP/Atlanta MM for Davis Broadcasting. Based in Columbus, GA, this family-owned group, with more than 30 years in the industry, has six stations in Columbus and another six in Atlanta.

NRG Media in Central Wisconsin has hired Robby Cruz to be midday host on Hot 96.7, WHTQ/Wausau-Stevens Point, WI. He makes the move from ESPN in Sacramento.

WNSH-FM is now New York’s Country 94-7. Entercom made the branding change from NASH-FM, Monday. The company picked up the station in a swap with Cumulus in February.