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Former Georgia Association of Broadcasters president Ellis Lanier “Lanny” Finch passed away the morning of June 22 following serious surgery. Finch was a longtime GAB board member, GAB board Chairman, GAB Director of Sales, and later on, the President of the GAB.

Larj Media and The Young Turks Network have joined forces to co-produce a series of new podcasts that will be distributed on Panoply. TYT Network is an  online talk, news, and entertainment network. Larj Media is a podcast production house started by Tina Nole.

As of July 6 all legacy Entercom stations will move over to Radio.com, the digital app Entercom picked up as part of the merger with CBS Radio. All legacy CBS Radio stations will be pulled off TuneIn by August 1. In a memo to staff Monday, CEO David Field said, "We are committed to making Radio.com a leader in the digital audio space."

Artificial intelligence is no longer a buzzword. It's reality. AI has now made its way into broadcast radio -- from the studio to the traffic department. From sales enablement, airchecks, and sponsorship optimization to everything in between. For Program and News Directors, AI is being leveraged for content curation, news gathering, fact checking, show prep, and even talent coaching. REGISTER HERE.

The E.W. Scripps Company, which is in the process of selling off its radio stations, has reached an agreement to sell its group of five radio stations in Tulsa to Griffin Communications for $12.5 million. 

If you were on social media for a nanosecond, Monday, you saw the many moving tributes to one of the best Top 40 DJs of all time. Dan Ingram died Sunday at the age of 83. Former Saga Executive Steve Goldstein was lucky enough to work with Ingram and put his thoughts about the WABC host into a blog. Here are some excerpts from that post...

(By Gary Berkowitz) Monday morning's headline was shocking. Dan Ingram was dead. Dan has been called the "World’s Greatest Top 40 DJ." I would have to agree since I got to listen to him daily growing up in New York City where WABC was our local station.

The pop culture shift in 1968 is still having an impact on us 50 years later. So during July 4th week, Westwood One News will explore the music, movies, and TV shows of that pivotal year in 1968.

CBS News has put together some special Fourth of July programming, making it easy to program Independence Day and the days leading up to it. Hosted by Gil Gross, the two-hour Independence Day Celebration will engross listeners with stunning and little-known facts about American independence.

Cumulus has launched the second annual national search for the nation’s newest star with neXt2rock 2018. The winner of the four-month-long national competition will receive a record deal on John Varvatos Records under the Big Machine Label Group umbrella, as well as substantial exposure, commensurate with a major label release, on Cumulus Radio stations nationwide.