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The agreement includes broadcasting rights of University of Miami Hurricanes baseball and ancillary baseball programming on Entercom’s AM 790 The Ticket (WAXY-AM) in Miami beginning with the 2018 season.

They loved it the first time, so here come the seconds. Philadelphia Eagles fans will be treated to a reprise of their team’s historic maiden Super Bowl win with a rebroadcast of the game on Philly’s SportsRadio 94WIP (94.1 FM).

Country 98.9 (KNUC/Seattle) has a new morning show beginning soon. Award-winning morning team Tim Leary, Claire Beverly, and Karen (Red) Daiss, from Savannah, GA, are headed to the Pacific Northwest. The trio have been together for three years.

Chattanooga radio veteran Randy Smith, known as “Boner,” will be rejoining Entercom station Rock 105 (WRXR-FM) as afternoon show host. The new show Boner in the Afternoon will air weekdays from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m ET.

Los Angeles Rock radio station 95.5 KLOS, led by Frosty, Heidi & Frank in the morning, Marci Wiser and Steve Jones (Jonesy’s Jukebox) in middays, and Gary Moore in afternoon drive, raised $725,218 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the St. Jude Rocks event held Thursday, February 8, through Friday, February 9, 2018.

Former on-air personality and radio executive Johnny Andrews died Thursday after a difficult battle with cancer. Andrews had a very long and successful career on the air and as a programmer and manager of many successful stations.

The Kim Komando Show is back in Baltimore on Talk Radio 680 WCBM Sunday evenings starting March 4. Her "Consumer Tech Update" will be heard during morning drive at 7:10 a.m., keeping Baltimore up to date each day on all things tech.

Advertisers are not the only group upset with the sports station. WEEI carries Boston Red Sox games through the 2023 season. And that gives the team every right to express their “frustration and disappointment” with Entercom, according to president and CEO Sam Kennedy.

The Inside Edition personality will host the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s 2018 Golden Mike Award. The black-tie fundraiser will honor Emily Barr, President and CEO of Graham Media, and will take place Monday, March 5, in New York City. Peggy Allen, Don Graham, and Hank Price will be presenters at the event.

Cumulus Media’s WIOV-FM/I-105 in Lancaster, PA, announced the passing of longtime morning show host Jerry Murphy, Wednesday, at age 61. Murphy was known as “Murph” of the Murph & Casey Morning Show on I-105. He hosted the show with Casey Allyn for 19 years.