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The Westar Music commercial library offers over 17,000 music tracks and more than 258,000 sound-effects, all royalty-free and sourced from the broadcast industry standard. With the acquisition of American Music Company, Westar’s library just got even bigger, adding thousands of tracks of high-quality music.

We reported back on June 18 that WGOW (Chattanooga) morning man Jeff Styles was shot after he approached a vehicle with a tomahawk in a road rage incident. Today we find out the station has put him on leave while the incident is being investigated. Here's the statement released by the station...

iHeartMedia has signed a unique deal with actor Anna Faris to bring her podcast, Anna Faris is Unqualified, to Top 40 radio and the iHeartRadio Podcast Network. Unqualified features interviews with celebrities about dating and relationships.

Long-time radio sales trainer and professional speaker Chris Lytle was recently inducted into the Wisconsin Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. If you've never heard the story of Crazy Lenny's “Ice Storm Sale,” which was all Lytle's idea, it's worth checking out the video the Wisconsin Hall of Fame put together as part of its tribute. It was all about ideas when Lytle was selling radio, and it's all about ideas now. Check out the video HERE.

Boston’s WBZ-FM/98.5 The Sports Hub morning personalities Toucher & Rich have been named the 2018 Best of Boston “Radio Personalities of The Year” by Boston Magazine. The winners were chosen based on the results of the publication’s 2018 Best of Boston Readers’ Poll.

(by Jeff Warshaw) Let’s not just dream about the “good old days," when AM stations were king and listeners had fewer choices. The industry needs to be free to grow within every market so that we can more fairly compete in a modern world. Let me explain...

Rock radio show In the Studio with Redbeard: The Stories Behind History’s Greatest Rock Bands is celebrating its 30th year of national radio syndication. The show launched the broadcast week of June 27, 1988 with rock legends Crosby, Stills & Nash as inaugural guests.

(By Deborah Parenti) Over the past several months, broadcasters have debated and discussed, some on our pages, what form a proposal to the FCC regarding license caps should take and the suggested relief for broadcasters it should strive to provide. The result of some of their discussions is a proposal that the NAB has sent to the FCC for consideration. Some believe this proposal could open a window of fresh, added opportunity and relief from radio owners.

The Mark Levin Show has joined the lineup on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT (WPHT-AM) in Philadelphia. The show will air weeknights from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET. It has been one of the top-rated shows on talk radio.

The National Sports Media Association has named Kevin Harlan Sportscaster of the Year. Harlan, who is the play-by-play announcer for Westwood One’s Monday Night Football, received the award at the 59th NSMA Awards Banquet in Winston-Salem, NC, on June 25.