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Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal is "getting bigger" at PodcastOne, where he currently hosts The BIG Podcast with Shaq.

Buffalo’s WBEN-AM has a special anniversary to celebrate: longtime talk-show host Sandy Beach and his 50-year radio career. To do so, WBEN and Sandy will welcome special guests and members of the local media in studio during his show on June 15.

For the past seven years, iHeart has partnered with Macy's to host the Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star music competition, which introduces fans to up-and-coming artists. For the first time, voice voting will be available to vote for the top five finalists.

New Country 103.7 WXCY/Havre de Grace, MD, has promoted evening host Jeff Hunt to Evenings/Music Director. Hunt joined WXCY in May of 2017. Prior to joining WXCY, he was the APD/Music Director and midday host at Forever Media’s Big Froggy 101 in State College, PA.

A new podcast featuring conversations with music stars launches June 12. The first guest is Mike Shinoda (pictured) from Linkin Park. iHeartRadio Presents: Inside the Studio will also air this coming weekend on iHeartMedia Alt Rock stations across the country.

We are pleased to announce that former Greater Media CEO Peter Smyth is the recipient of Radio Ink's 2018 Lifetime Leadership Award. The award is presented as part of the annual Radio Ink Forecast summit, held at the Harvard Club in New York City. Forecast this year will be held on November 14.

The ongoing debate about the way advertising agencies treat radio, and vice versa, started by Roberty Christy and expanded upon by Brian Winnekins, caught the attention of our good friends at the Radio Advertising Bureau. We spent some time on Tuesday discussing the issue with RAB CEO Erica Farber.

Total local ad spend in Los Angeles will come in at approximately $9.1 billion this year, according to BIA. That's half of all the advertising money spent in the entire state, according to BIA's California market intelligence report. A total of $18.8 billion will be spent in California’s 12 media markets with radio bringing in $1.66 billion.

San Antonio’s KXTN 107.5 -- “Tejano & Proud” -- celebrates 30 years of serving its listeners and community on June 15 and 16 with a free, family-friendly festival. It will include tributes to three of the genre’s biggest stars as well as a concert with top performers.

The Johnjay and Rich #LoveUp Foundation and the Arizona Department of Child Safety surprised a group of graduating eighth-grade foster kids with new Chromebook laptop computers through a new pilot program that aims to put technology in the hands of kids in Arizona’s foster care system.