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The IAB just announced that iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman and NPR CEO Jarl Mohn will keynote the final session at the IAB's Podcast Upfronts, Thursday. NPR has been successful at podcasting for a long time. iHeart carries hundreds of podcasts on the iHeartRadio app. Pittman and Mohn are long-time friends.

Radio Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Morris has died. Morris was the first black chief engineer in Southern California radio and an award-winning radio broadcaster/program director. Morris, who has been characterized as “godfather of soul radio in California." He was 70.

Westwood One is ready to kick off its 32nd consecutive year as the network radio partner of the NFL with the opening night game on Thursday, when the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles host the Atlanta Falcons. Boomer Esiason will join Kevin Harlan in the booth for his farewell broadcast after 18 seasons with Westwood One.

Gen Media Partners announced Monday that it has acquired national radio network Sun Broadcast Group. SBG founder Jason Bailey and COO Julio Aponte Jr. will retain partial ownership of Sun and continue to run the day-to-day operations. How much Gen Media Partners paid for SBG was not revealed.

Some may know Bonnie-Jill Laflin as a social media personality and actress, but she’s also a radio talent. San Francisco sports station KNBR is adding Laflin to the on-air team of the Murph & Mac morning show.

WRQX-FM/Mix 107.3 in Washington D.C. has signed Corinna Delgado as on-air talent for middays. Delgado was most recently with KRBE-FM, Cumulus’ heritage Top 40 in Houston, where she started in 2014.

Edison Research will unveil some new data at The Radio Show in Orlando later this month. And that research will show that the reach of in-car AM/FM radio has remained unchanged since 2011.

On Tuesday, September 4, WNUE-FM, 98.1 Salsa y Más will begin airing Él y Ella every weekday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET. The show will be hosted by Arnaldo Olivieri “JR al Aire” and Jessica Reyes.

Thirty-year broadcasting veteran Lou Bennett is the new Program Director for “Memphis’ Best Mix of R&B,” 103.5 WRBO-FM. Bennett has 20 years of Urban radio programming under his belt.

Beasley Media Group Wilmington, Delaware Vice President and Market Manager AJ Laurie has been named among the Delaware Business Times’ 2018 DBT40 Awards winners. The DBT40 Awards program recognizes 40 of Delaware’s most accomplished leaders under 40.