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Radio One St. Louis (WFUN-FM & WHHL-FM) has named Derrick “Lil’D” Greene as its new Operations Manager. Greene comes from iHeart Media Columbus/Albany, GA, where he was Senior Vice President of 11 radio stations

Jack Lessenberry has joined 910 AM Superstation (WFDF/Detroit). Lessenberry, a former foreign correspondent for the Detroit News will begin hosting a two-hour show beginning July 9.

Chris Walus is the new Director of Sales for Adams Radio Group’s Salisbury-Ocean City, MD, cluster. For the past nine years Walus has served as regional President & Market Manager for iHeartRadio in that region.

WTOP’s national security correspondent J.J. Green has won the 31st Annual Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense. Each year, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation awards two distinguished journalism prizes, one for reporting on the Presidency and the other for reporting on National Defense.

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.