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Buzz Sports Radio in Raleigh-Durham will debut The Sports Shop with Reese & Kmac Tuesday, July 5. The Sports Shop will be the first African-American sports talk morning show in the Raleigh-Durham market. The show, which is billed as "urban sports radio," moves from its current 10 a.m. to noon timeslot to morning drive, and replaces The Morning Show with Mike, Lauren & Demetri.

The Commission has upheld the fine against Peconic Public Broadcasting's WPPB-FM in Southampton, New York, denying the station's request for the Commission to reconsider. The station missed 13 quarterly issues programs from 2010 to 2015.

Noble Financial Analyst Michael Kupinski believes that the resignation of CFO JP Hannan for John Abbot is "not a good sign" for the company. Kupinski says, as a result of the change, a restructuring is likely. Here are his comments, according to StreetInsider.com...

This year’s Country Radio Hall of Fame inductees were Blair Garner, Mike & Dana Schuff, and Lisa Dent in the On-Air category, and Mick Anselmo, Kerby Confer, Jack Reno, Tim Roberts, and Jim Slone in the radio category. The Country Radio Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the radio industry over a 20-year period, 15 of which must be in the Country format.

947 KUMU’s 3rd Annual “Drive for Wishes" radiothon raised over $60,350 for Make-A-Wish Hawaii. In partnership with the local ABC affiliate, the 13-hour radiothon included interviews with local "Wish" children and their families, a live phone bank, and incentives to encourage monetary donations to fund wishes for kids with life-threatening medical conditions.

One of Radio Ink's most anticipated issues of the year is now ready to download to your device (SUBSCRIBE HERE). This issue features the very inspiring story of vCreative CEO Jinny Laderer in our cover interview, Joan Hamburg as the 2016 MIW Radio legend, an interview with rising syndicated star Dr. Laura Berman and 100 of the Most Influential Women in Radio today. Each and every one details how and why they are successful in radio today.

Listeners of Philadelphia's 93.3 WMMR-FM listeners came through again. The station, in conjunction with the Penn-Jersey Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross, collected 1,297 units of blood on June 18 at Valley Forge Casino Resort -- the largest blood drive in the PA, NJ, DE region.

KSAL-AM (Salina, KS) has scored two awards and multiple nominations in the 2016 Salina Journal Reader’s Choice Awards. The station was awarded “Favorite Radio...

The ratings firm released new data Wednesday regarding Millenials and how their listening habits differ by political view. Nielsen is releasing the data to try to help the radio industry get the point across to politicians that radio is an important medium to include in their media mix.

The Current has the details regarding the NPR app, which is a stream of NPR news and local coverage targeted to the listener’s location. It launched in 2014. The largest group of listeners on NPR One is in the 25-to-34 demo. That's according to NPR's own stats. And 40 percent of their listeners are under 35. More than a third of users who answered the NPR survey say they never or only occasionally listen to broadcast radio.