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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.

A total of $3,489 was presented to the Alameda County Community Food Bank as part of the “Hoops for Hunger” program for the 2015-2016 NBA regular season. 95.7 The GAME (KGMZ-FM) and 1st United Credit Union teamed up to raise the funds. For every Golden State Warriors regular season basket scored, 1st United Credit Union donated $1 to the food bank.

The New York Daily News has the details about Zev Brenner who received one year probation and a $2,500 fine for not filing his tax returns for years. Brenner hosts "Talkline" on WMCA. He pleaded guilty to not filing a tax return in 2009. As it turned out he had not filed from 2003 to 2011. Brenner already paid $63,764 back to the IRS for 2009 to 2011. Picture courtesy New York Daily News.

CBS New York has the details about the death of the longtime New York City DJ who worked at WHN, WYNY, and most recently WCBS-FM. Daniel’s son, Chris Daniel, sent out a message saying his father died “suddenly” Tuesday morning. The cause of Daniel’s death was not indicated.

Radio Ink's 2016 Most Influential Women in Radio issue is now making its way around the country via the U.S. Postal Service. In that issue, amongst all the other great women in our industry should have been a picture of Jana Cosgrove. Jana is President of CBS Radio Sales and Entercom Radio Sales at Katz and is a regular on this list every year. Jana made our 2016 list and through an editing error we accidentally omitted Jana's picture and answers from the issue. Jana Cosgrove is clearly one of radio's Most Influential and we want to apologize to her for making that mistake. We also want to apologize to our readers for not bringing you Jana's excellent answers to our questions in that issue. So to make it up to you and to Jana, we have an extended interview with Jana here.

Louisville’s 89.3 WFPL News has brought Lisa Gillespie from Kaiser Health News to be as Health and Innovation Reporter, filling a key beat in the newsroom. Gillespie written across the health spectrum in her career — from Medicaid and Medicare payment policy and rural hospital closures to science funding and the dietary supplement market