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(By Laurie Kahn) Ghosting is a term describing those job seekers who don’t show for appointments or for those who have accepted your position and then don’t show up the first day. Or, they resign via text or just quit showing up for work. 

If you like to plan ahead, here are the details for the 2019 and 2020 RAB/NAB Radio Shows to be held in Dallas and Nashville respectively.

Entercom has signed a new multi-year broadcast deal with Sacramento State University. ESPN 1320 (KIFM-AM/Sacramento) will broadcast all of the football and men’s basketball games. The partnership is effective at the start of the 2018-19 season and will run through the 2020-21 collegiate season.  

Chairman Ajit Pai has appointed ShootingStar Broadcasting President Diane Sutter Chair of the FCC's Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment. Pai said Sutter is well known in the broadcast industry for her thought leadership on a range of issues pertaining to financing, ownership, and management training.

Debbi Calton is celebrating her 25th year on the midday shift (9a-2p) at Philadelphia’s Classic Rock station, 102.9 WMGK-FM. The station will mark the special occasion on Friday, August 17 with a live broadcast with Andre Gardner.

Bones hosts The Bobby Bones Morning Show and Country Top 30 for iHeart through Premiere. He'll continue with those two shows as well as his podcast BobbyCast. As part of the agreement, Bones will become VP/Creative Director of iHeartCountry and will work with iHeart on a variety of joint ventures and new programming initiatives.

Salem Media Group has brought in Southern Gospel on-air personality Rodney Baucom to be the new host as the Singing News Radio Network expands its weekly Top 10 countdown show to a Top 20 Countdown. Baucom replaces Jeff Steele, the three-year host of the current program.

The traffic network pulled no punches in the filing stating that Entercom's scheme was so perverse and all-encompassing that even Vladimir Putin would be left blushing. USTN repeatedly refers to Entercom as a bully and is seeking more than $5 million from radio company.

Entercom has issued a statement after receiving word that United States Traffic Network filed a $5 million lawsuit against the company. The company said its reseller agreement with USTN has ended and the lawsuit is baseless, frivolous, and insulting

(By Michael Dudding) Several years ago I asked a fellow broadcaster, “When is the right time to leave this industry?” His answer made sense, “When it’s no longer fun.” It would be prudent to amend his reply by saying, “when all the doctors and surgeons know you by name at the Mayo Clinic.” August will mark my 50th and last month and year in radio.