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We finally get a look under the hood at what the NAB's secretive ownership committee has been working on in terms of deregulation. Comments have been filed with the FCC as the Commission gets close reviewing broadcast ownership rules as part of its 2018 quadrennial review.

MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM/Raleigh has been named Radio Station of the Year in Large Market from the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters. “We at MIX 101.5 are honored to accept the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters’ radio station of the year award for 2017. We thank this amazing community for allowing us to give back..." said Program Director Michele Williams. 

WUSF in Tampa have hired Jessica Meszaros as a reporter for their newsroom and as a co-host on the Morning Edition news team. Meszaros has six years of broadcasting experience in media markets across Florida.

(By Walter M Sterling aka Walter Sabo) "Make it sound live.” There is another approach to voice tracking: Produce spectacular. Voice tracking is often viewed as symptomatic of the sad devolution of radio. It could be perceived as a creative gift.

Hubbard Radio has announced that on July 9th, Mason and Remy will take over afternoons on New Country 92.3 (WIL-FM) in St. Louis. The duo were a longtime fixture in morning and afternoon drive in St. Louis before moving to Chicago.

Kevin Malone has joined Community Broadcasters as their Fort Walton Beach (Florida) Market Manager. Malone comes to Community Broadcasters from Georgia, where he worked with Cumulus Media

iHeartMedia has promoted Kavi Halemane to Executive VP/GM of Digital Programming for iHeartRadio. Halemane will be responsible for overseeing iHeart’s Original Digital Music Station Programming, On-Demand Subscription Playlist, and Free Playlist Radio curation and Podcast Programming.

The radio edition of The New York Times’ popular podcast The Daily continues to expand its audience as nine major public radio stations have added, or soon will add, the program to their lineup. The show now airs on 25 stations across the country.

Kevin Weatherly will take over programming duties at Entercom's 97.1 AMP Radio (KAMP-FM). Weatherly will continue in his role as Program Director for KROQ (KROQ-FM) and 93.1 JACK FM (KCBS-FM). Entercom also announced that Chris Ebbott is the new Operations Manager for Radio.com in Los Angeles. Ebbott programs K-EARTH 101 (KRTH-FM) in L.A.

Pandora is teaming up with Snap as the music streaming launch partner for Snap Kit, Snap’s new platform for developers. Pandora listeners will be able to send their favorite songs to friends and family through song cards that display album art on top of an animated background.