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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.

Following Monday’s break-up episode of ABC TV’s The Bachelor, myTalk107.1 (Twin Cities) showed support for one of its own. After Arie Luyendyk, Jr. dumped his Prior Lake, MN-resident fiancée Becca Kufrin, the station quickly posted 26 digital billboards across the Minneapolis/St. Paul market in her support.

Nate Bell has been named Program Director of 97.9 WJLB, “Detroit’s Hip-Hop & R&B,” and Mix 92.3, “Detroit’s R&B and Throwbacks.” As PD, Bell will be responsible for day-to-day programming oversight of 97.9 WJLB and Mix 92.3.

Brooke Morrison has been named Afternoon Personality for Channel 96.1, “#1 For All The Hits In Charlotte,” effective March 26, and broadcasting weekdays 2 to 7 p.m. Morrison will play a variety of Top 40 music from artists such as Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes, The Chainsmokers, and Bruno Mars.

Joe Pags, host of the popular nationally syndicated radio show, The Joe Pags Show, will join iHeartMedia Boston’s WRKO-AM 680, “The Voice of Boston,” for weeknights, beginning Monday, March 5.

On Tuesday's earnings call, Radio One CEO Alfred Liggins was asked a question about radio's pricing pressure. His answer was that radio has been living with pricing pressure for quite some time and that's due to radio's two largest companies having balance sheet issues. So why is David Field's name in the headline?

WLUP was one of the two stations, along with WKQX, that Cumulus was going to purchase from Merlin Media. It had been a Rock station for over 40 years, but as of today it is no more.