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Jeff Kurkjian has been named the new weekday morning host (6-10 a.m.) on 102.7 The Coyote in Las Vegas. He will be joined by Aimee Montgomery, who will shift from her current role as midday personality on Lite 101.5FM/Las Vegas.

Comcast and NPR have launched the NPR One app on Xfinity X1, enabling X1 customers to access NPR's library of news, talk, and music programs that can be personalized to their specific tastes, locale, and routines – directly on the TV.

Chad Patterson has been honored as Grayling’s Citizen of the Year 2017 by the Grayling Regional Chamber of Commerce. Patterson is finishing his first season calling Grayling football and basketball games heard on Blarney Stone Broadcasting's Q100.3 (WQON-FM).

And the reason for that is to keep others away who may be thinking about filing a competing plan to restructure Cumulus and muddying up the progress that's been made so far. And, Cumulus says it has achieved "significant progress."

Robert Bekune (at 98.5) and Daniel Thelisma (at 90.9) both from Irvington, New Jersey, Troy Cheever from Deltaville, Virginia (at 100.1) and Nelda Jean of Hollywood, Florida (at 91.7) are the latest alleged pirate radio operators busted by The FCC. All were given 10 days notice to end their illegal operations and explain why they were operating stations without a license.

The Washington Nationals have signed a five-year extension with Entercom’s Washington DC’s 106.7 The Fan (WJFK-FM) beginning with the 2018 MLB season. The partnership began seven years ago. Play-by-play announcers Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler return for their 13th consecutive season.

The University of Alabama, and its rights holder, Learfield, have announced a five-year agreement with SummitMedia to become the official radio home of Crimson Tide Sports Network in Birmingham.

Veritone has signed new multi-market license agreements with Beasley, Reach Media and the Tom Joyner Network, Townsquare, and Results Radio. Veritone has also renewed its existing license agreement with Hubbard. The agreements give the broadcasters a license to the Veritone aiWARE platform.

KAT 103.7, “Omaha's New Country Station,” has announced that the 16th annual Canfest, an acoustic concert, raised over $10,000 from ticket proceeds and four 50-gallon barrels of non-perishable food to benefit the Food Bank for the Heartland.

Local Radio Networks and SMARTS Broadcast Systems have entered into an arrangement that makes delivery of LRN’s highly localized 24/7 music formats compatible with the SMARTS Skylla System and easily available to all SMARTS Skylla affiliates.