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The President has renominated Republican Brendan Carr to server a second term on the FCC, which the FCC Commissioner thanked the President for. "Serving on the Commission is a tremendous honor and privilege, and I am proud of the work we have already accomplished. If reconfirmed, I look forward to many more years of working with my colleagues at the FCC."

77 WABC Radio night talk show host John Batchelor has accepted an invitation from the State of Qatar to broadcast from Doha this week, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Broadcast Music, Inc. has named Randall McMillan to the newly created position of VP Business Affairs, Creative & Licensing. Reporting to Mike Steinberg, Executive VP Creative & Licensing, McMillan will be based in BMI’s New York office.

The dominos continue to fall for Steve Bannon after he turned ugly on President Trump. Tuesday, after the media was reporting for days that Breitbart staff wanted Bannon out, it was announced he was stepping down as Executive Chairman, a position he's held since 2012. SiriusXM followed with this statement...

Mvyradio (Martha’s Vineyard) announces that Jess Phaneuf is returning to the WMVY airwaves at the end of January. Phaneuf will rejoin the mvyradio team, with both on-air and off-air duties. She’ll hold down a weekday afternoon air shift and will take on the title of Music Director.

JJade and Cowboy Curt have joined Broadway as co-hosts on morning show Broadway’s Backyard on 107.9 FM Y108 (WDSY-FM/Pittsburgh). Broadway’s Backyard debuted on Y108 during the fall of 2017 and airs weekday from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET.

When was the last time an FM signal sold for a few thousand dollars? 3,000-watt WLPW-FM (105.5), licensed to Lake Placid, NY (market 148), is being sold for $32,000 by Radio Lake Placid Inc. The buyer is North Country Radio Inc. and the broker for the deal was Jason James of Patrick Communications.

The MIW Group has extended the deadline for receiving applications for its 2018 “Mildred Carter MIW Group Mentoring Program” to Monday, January 22, 2018. The program, in its 17th year, pairs up-and-coming women who currently work in the radio industry with female professionals recognized as leaders in radio. Four candidates will be chosen. Submit your application HERE.

KAMP-FM in Los Angeles announces that Edgar Sotelo and Brian Moote will be the new hosts of the morning show in February. Sotelo was previously the morning host of WBMP in New York. He was born in Mexico, raised in Southern California and has won a Marconi. Moote was previously part of “The Bert Show,” in Atlanta and is a stand-up comedian.

After an extensive search for a co-host for the nationally syndicated Michael Baisden Show, award-winning broadcast journalist and radio personality Dominique DiPrima has been tapped for the position.