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Hartford’s 97.9 ESPN has announced the UConn IMG Radio Network Broadcast Team, effective August 1. The team will include Bob Joyce, Executive Producer and voice of UConn Women’s Basketball, and Mike Crispino, five-time Emmy-winning broadcaster, as the play-by-play voice of UConn Football and Men’s Basketball.

Netflix and SiriusXM are teaming up on an all-new, exclusive comedy radio channel. The new channel will include material from the Netflix stand-up catalog. SiriusXM will also broadcast comedy talk shows from Netflix plus additional original programming. This partnership marks the first time Netflix will bring its content to an audio service. The launch is planned for January.

NRG Media in Wausau/Stevens Point, WI has hired Rhonda Guenther as the new General Sales Manager for its four-station cluster in that market. Guenther was most recently with Midwest Family Broadcasting in the Eau Claire market.

Beasley Media Group and NBC Sports Boston will team up to launch the simulcast of WBZ-FM/ 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Zolak and Bertrand midday show beginning Monday, July 23.

Entravision has appointed Liliana Aristizabal as Senior Vice President of Eastern Region Sales. Aristizabal will be based in New York. Prior to joining Entravision, Aristizabal was Vice President, General Sales Manager at LBI Media.

Denise Plante has been named the new midday host for 106.7 The Bull, “Colorado’s New Country.” Plante will broadcast weekdays, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. Plante joins iHeartMedia Denver from KOSI-FM/Denver.

That's according to the latest piece of data released from Borrell & Associates. Traditional advertising such as newspapers, direct mail, radio and yellow pages remain strong with local advertisers. Despite being plagued by fraud, bots and fake users, Social Media remains highest on the list, used by 78% of the 2,212 businesses polled by Borrell.

The 23 scholarship winners for this year’s Rising Through the Ranks Seminar, August 15-16, have been named. Here is the full list of winners...

This year’s Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be radio heavy. The Class of 2018 includes longtime DJ and current Star 102.5 (WTSS-FM) host Roger Christian, Buffalo native Tom Langmyer (pictured) who managed some of the most successful stations in the country, and 97 Rock PD John Hager.

Thanks to the "New York Market Radio Broadcasters Association 2nd Quarter Market Report," a ton of data is now available for broadcasters and advertisers as the busy back-to-school season of ad-spending nears.