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At 8AM Association President Paul Rotella (pictured here at the show with Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti) will give his State of the Industry address. That will be followed by a full day of panels hosted by many familiar names in and out of broadcasting. Those names include Fred Jacobs, Gordon Borrell, Pierre Bouvard, Charlie Sislen, Jason Bailey, Christine Travaglini, Deborah Parenti and many others.

Cox Media Group's News and Talk station in Orlando returned to its regular schedule of talk hosts Wednesday, according to a story posted to the station website by Program Director Joe Kelley. "We've been proud of our service to the community in the aftermath of the terror attack at the Pulse nightclub on June 12th."

All year long, in the print edition of Radio Ink magazine, we've been taking a look back at the 1996 Telecom Act that transformed the radio industry. When the law passed, one broadcaster all fired up and ready to get in on the act was Bill Stakelin. Stakelin owned Apollo Broadcasting at the time and, having just gotten over the euphoria of duopoly, Stakelin could not believe his ears when he heard the ownership floodgates had been opened.

iHeartMedia announced Wednesday that Josh Everett has been named Director of Spoken Word Programming for its Kentucky-Indiana Region. Everett will also oversee NewsRadio 840 WHAS-AM in Louisville. He replaces long-time WHAS-AM PD Kelly Carls who's retiring. Everett will be based out of Louisville, moving over from iHeart's KHOW-AM and KDSP-AM in Denver, where he was PD.

Entercom's KQMT 99.5 The Mountain is bringing in Dan Hardee for the afternoon drive slot to replace 36-year radio veteran Dan Mitchell, who's retiring to spend more time with his family.

New York City talker 77 WABC is adding a new weekend show that goes behind the scenes of the fashion industry. Always in Fashion will be hosted by one of the fashion industry’s most successful business leaders, Mark Weber. The one-hour weekly business program will run Saturdays from 10:00-11:00 p.m. EST.

That announcement was made Wednesday. The joint sports talk venture between NBC Sports and Westwood One can be streamed via Apple Music.

Cumulus has hired John Abbot as its new Chief Financial Officer effective July 1, 2016. Abbot most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Telx Holdings, a provider of connectivity, co-location, and cloud services in the data center industry. Abbot replaces J.P. Hannan, who resigned his position after six years in order to pursue other interests. Hannan will assist the company for several months during the transition.

(By Leslye Schumacher) For most radio clusters, automotive is a top ad category. But the past few years have seen auto dealers moving money out of radio and into digital advertising options. Here’s an overview of the top digital advertising products automotive dealers are using, so you can have a better understanding of how they work — and how to find ways to integrate them into your radio ad mix.

(By Deborah Parenti) Cheri Preston is a multiple Murrow and Gracie Award-winning ABC Radio News anchor and correspondent. She has been behind the microphone for some of the past decade’s biggest stories, including the Iraq invasion, Superstorm Sandy, the capture of the Boston Marathon bomber, and the Sandy Hook shootings.