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Steve Harvey, Delilah, Michael Savage, Bob Kingsley, Eric and Kathy and Jeff & Jer lead the list of radio personalities going into the National Radio Hall of Fame this year. The results were announced this morning.

98.5 KLUC (Las Vegas) has a jock to really boast about. Morning show host Chet Buchanan has received “The Best of the Silver State XIV” Humanitarian Award. Buchanan spends countless hours with dozens of charities throughout Southern Nevada, and also sits on the board of numerous nonprofits. The Silver State XIV awards will be presented on July 23rd.

Craig Stevens (pictured) has been named Format Captain for Spoken Word stations, and Jimmy Steele will replace Stevens as Program Director for Y102 and Rumba 92.3 FM, as well as join the Y102 Morning Show as a co-host, effective immediately, according to iHeartMedia’s Allentown-Harrisburg region.

After six months away from the show, doing her own Podcast, she’s back. Kristi Lee rejoins the team of Westwood One’s Bob & Tom Show as of today. Lee said, "I am thrilled to be back on the Bob & Tom Show...even though I fully expect to be interrupted by the boys on a regular basis…again.”

You can’t keep a good Ram down. Colorado State University is welcoming back Brian Roth who will reclaim the play-by-play role for CSU’s football and men’s basketball broadcasts, and serve as host of the Rams’ coaches’ shows.

Although the company did not specify how the money for digital was spent with Emmis, the company reported an increase in digital revenue of 35% in March, April, and May. That helped offset national business and local spot business being down in the low single-digits. Automotive continues to be Emmis' largest category, making up 13% of its quarterly revenue. The restaurant and cellular businesses were up, and the financial and media categories were the weakest.

Following the Emmis earnings call on Thursday a shareholders meeting was held and a four-for-one reverse stock split was approved. The stock split was designed to prevent a delisting of the company’s stock from NASDAQ.

(By Ryan Wrecker) Your audience has a special connection with your personalities. How they fuel that connection differs from person to person, and the method of delivery is changing. If we’re not careful enough to recognize this new medium (and the impact it will have in our industry), we’ll miss out on monetization opportunities and the marketing and positioning of our personalities as the markets’ top talents.

Larson tells Radio Ink that Compass Media Networks has extended his agreement for syndication of The Lars Larson Show through 2023.