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About 90 percent of EAS activations are generated by the National Weather Service (NWS) and concern weather events. The amended FCC rules add three new “event codes” that can be used to warn the public about the storm surges and extreme winds that may accompany hurricanes and other severe weather events.

Fort Myers Florida Conservative Morning Show host Drew Steele announced Monday he was leaving 92.5 Fox News Radio to take a job at KSL in Salt Lake City. The person who hosted mornings before Steele was Trey Radel (pictured) who went on to become a Congressman in 2012.

In a long feature story about his successful radio journey and best-selling book, iHeartMedia syndicated country host Bobby Bones tells Rolling Stone he's had 15 death threats. "I have security with me everywhere I go. It's not even that they care about me, Bobby. But I'm an asset to the company." Bones tells Rolling Stone writer Joseph Hudak, "I'm the best interviewer in the whole format. Except for Howard Stern, I'd put myself against anybody. Because I ask human questions." Read the full interview HERE.

Sheryl Personett is the new Senior Vice President of Integrated Marketing Solutions for Entravision in Denver. Personett will be responsible for selling Entravision’s media and marketing solutions across the company’s television, radio, and digital properties in that market.

Bill Michaels, Program Director of radio stations WXKR-FM, WLQR-FM, WTOD-AM, and WQQO HD2, has been promoted to Operations Manager for the company’s station cluster in Toledo, OH, and Monroe, MI. It’s a new position, in which Michaels will manage station ops for eight stations in Toledo and Monroe, OH.

Country is the most popular music genre in the U.S., with 97 million fans, so why not mine for more talent? Cumulus’ “NASH Next 2016” competition will do just that. The winner of the four-month-long national competition will receive a record deal with Big Machine Label Group,

Another great example of radio working for the community. The name of the program is One Voice and it will be simulcast on New York radio stations WQHT-FM HOT 97, WBLS-FM 107.5, and WLIB-AM 1190, as well as online, Thursday, July 14, 4-5 p.m. It will continue until 6 p.m. online. Listeners may call 800-223-9797 to be part of the conversation.

KNRJ/101.1 The BEAT in Phoenix has added The Breakfast Club to its weekday morning lineup, effective Monday, July 11. The show starring DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God will now be heard in the 2:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. timeslot.

July 25 is the debut date. Weinstein will be hosting weekdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The goal is to deliver provocative talk on D.C. sports, led by a Silver Spring, MD, native. Weinstein (@RealBramW) returns to the nation’s capital after anchoring at ESPN since 2008, including as a SportsCenter host from 2010 to 2015.

After a 12-hour radiothon, the station really could shout “hallelujah!” with the final count raised for the Sickle Cell Foundation tallying $10,600. The radiothon was hosted by popular personalities Connie Bryant and Yvette Bullard-Dillard. This was the 28th year for the annual fundraiser.