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In an interview with The Coloradoan, ESPN Radio host Mike Golic said he was angry and disappointed his 18-year show with Mike Greenberg came to an end. "I had no clue. Zero. When I went into see the bosses, I thought it was to talk about the next deal since our contracts were ending." Golic begins a new morning show with Trey Wingo today on ESPN Radio.

(By Bob McCurdy)I believe it’s actually a marketing benefit not having all ads customized, as advertising to both the “interested” and “soon-to-be-interested” generates more overall revenue than advertising to only those interested.

In all, Westwood One News can be heard on 830 radio stations across the country. The network says it has signed renewals with WINS-AM in New York, KYW-AM in Philadelphia, WBZ-AM in Boston and WWJ-AM/Detroit. In addition, 70 new stations have been added.

Entercom’s KYW-AM Newsradio 1060/Philadelphia joined with Comcast to deliver 10 new Dell Latitude Education Series laptops to General Philip Kearny Elementary School.

Marc Rayfield has been in radio since 1990, more than half his life. His first job as a manager was as the Local Sales Manager for WIP in Philadelphia shortly after it launched as the second sports radio station in America (behind WFAN in New York). His last two positions with CBS Radio were running the New York and Philadelphia markets. A huge responsibility.

Eight broadcasters, including two from the radio industry, will be inducted into the inaugural College at Brockport WBSU Hall of Fame. Entercom's Michael Doyle and former WTAR/WLTY Norfolk GM Ron Reger are among those being honored. A ceremony will be held April 14, 2018 on the upstate New York campus.

Lance Zierlein and John Granato, whose top-rated morning show led Houston’s sports talk radio market for years, will reunite to take over the morning drive slot on ESPN 97.5 FM from 7:00 to 9:30 a.m. each weekday, beginning today.

Washington, DC, with a start date of November 27. In this role Bailey will assist in overseeing the station’s on-air and music programming. She will report to Jeff Kapugi, Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia Washington, DC. Bailey returns to DC from WZTB in Tampa

Lulu & Lala have been named on-air evening show hosts at Hot Adults Contemporary Hits station 93.9 MIA/Miami, effective Monday, December 4. While keeping their WKTU and Southwest Florida’s New Y100.1 evening host positions, Lulu & Lala will add Monday through Friday, 7 p.m.-midnight, on 93.9 MIA.

It's one of the stations iHeartMedia picked up in the swap with CBS/Entercom before that deal closed. The Classic Rocker will now be programmed by Chris Tyler. Tyler most recently served as PD for iHeartMedia Cleveland at WMMS and KISS-FM.