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There was one big surprise reveal at Monday night’s debut NAB Achievement in Broadcasting awards dinner at the Encore, Las Vegas. NAB President/CEO and former Oregon Senator Gordon Smith announced that this year's award for distinguished service to the radio industry will go to John David.

Las Vegas may have its King of Rock and Roll, but radio now has its own Hall of Fame Elvis to brag about. At Monday night’s Achievement in Broadcasting Dinner, iHeartMedia syndicated morning personality Elvis Duran became the latest inductee into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

Bloom is the new Operations Manager and will have oversight of 830 WCCO (WCCO-AM), BUZ’N @ 102.9 (KMNB-FM) and 104.1 JACK FM (KZJK-FM). Bloom served as Operations Manager for CBS Radio Philadelphia from 2007 to 2016.

The host of Sunday Night Slow Jams and Director of Programming for San Diego’s XHTZ and XHRM, has just set foot in his 100th country: Iraq. R Dub! is currently on a mission to see all 193 countries of the world and is launching a new travel podcast.

cabana, the digital division of AdLarge Media, has signed the Nerdy Show Network to exclusive podcast ad sales.

Vipology will offer radio stations free customized Benztown-produced pre-roll and :30 promotional spots, including an on-air promo for stations designed to activate smart-speaker invocations of their station by listeners.

Longtime radio research executive Laura Ivey has joined Edison Research. Ivey, who has had a variety of roles at Arbitron and Nielsen dating back to 1996, most recently was Account Director for the Southeast region for Nielsen’s radio ratings.

In honor of famed host Elvis Duran being inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame on April 9, Sierra Automated Systems has presented the morning host with a gold "Hall of Fame Edition" iSL console.

The president of Illinois-based Withers Broadcasting and Dana Communications has been named Illinois Broadcasters Association’s 2018 IBA/Vincent T. Wasilewski Broadcaster of the Year.

It appears Entercom may be close to making some sort of change at 97.3 The Machine in San Diego. Not only was Dan Sileo not on the air Monday, which may indicate a time slot change for him -- to mornings perhaps -- but Kevin Klein has been wiped from the station's website and is no longer listed in the station's on-air schedule. Could it be that one bad tweet cost Kevin Klein his job?