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After 25 years of hosting public radio’s only sports program, Only a Game, Bill Littlefield is hanging up his cleats. WBUR/Boston announced Thursday that Littlefield’s final broadcast as host will be on July 28.

Lisa Dollinger is the CEO of Dollinger Strategic Communication, based out of San Antonio, Texas. Dollinger is very well known to the radio industry, having helped clients grow their business and brands for over 20 years now. She was the first employee (VP of Communications) for Capstar Broadcasting working with CEO Steve Hicks.

(By Radio Ink Chairman Eric Rhoads) Among the many news stories that caught my attention in recent days is a report involving the nation’s No. 1 owner of radio stations, and a rising player in the digital news and information space.

Robert Christy, who worked in radio for 44 years, took notice of our Nielsen/CMO story Thursday and gave us some interesting feedback. His wife Jan (pictured here with Robert) owns a small (38-client) agency in California. Unfortunately, her perception of our industry is not the best, and hopefully this is an isolated incident. Every once in awhile we find out our baby is ugly and it's not always daffodils and roses.

The Pittsburgh Steelers two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback will continue to provide football commentary during the NFL season on The Ben Roethlisberger Show on 93.7 The Fan (KDKA-FM) for a sixth season.

Beasley's 97.5 The Fanatic has announced a new summer lineup in Philadelphia which includes The Fanatic At 5 with Eytan Shander and Jamie Lynch, Devon & Geoff/D&G Radio, and Joe Tordy.

(By Ronald Robinson) Seems like radio continues to operate under a severely limiting set of circumstances. That these circumstances have all been self-generated, self-imposed, and are also self-perpetuated is, apparently, lost on the participants.

The Fourth Annual Speed Mentoring Brunch will be held on Friday, July 20 as part of the 43rd annual Conclave Learning Conference. Attendees will have direct one-to-one access to some of radio’s top professionals, who will share their insights for building and sustaining a successful radio career.

WAY Media Network Chief Content Officer Faron Dice has announced that Carlos Anthony has been named Operations Coordinator/Night Show Producer for WAY-FM. Anthony comes to WAY-FM after a stint with Entercom in New York, (including WCBS, WNEW, and WBMP.)

FOX Sports is making changes to its FS1 studio show casts as Joy Taylor will leave Skip and Shannon: Undisputed to be the news anchor for The Herd With Colin Cowherd, and Jenny Taft will begin a new role as moderator for Undisputed.