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Chattanooga radio veteran Randy Smith, known as “Boner,” will be rejoining Entercom station Rock 105 (WRXR-FM) as afternoon show host. The new show Boner in the Afternoon will air weekdays from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m ET.

Los Angeles Rock radio station 95.5 KLOS, led by Frosty, Heidi & Frank in the morning, Marci Wiser and Steve Jones (Jonesy’s Jukebox) in middays, and Gary Moore in afternoon drive, raised $725,218 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the St. Jude Rocks event held Thursday, February 8, through Friday, February 9, 2018.

Former on-air personality and radio executive Johnny Andrews died Thursday after a difficult battle with cancer. Andrews had a very long and successful career on the air and as a programmer and manager of many successful stations.

The Kim Komando Show is back in Baltimore on Talk Radio 680 WCBM Sunday evenings starting March 4. Her "Consumer Tech Update" will be heard during morning drive at 7:10 a.m., keeping Baltimore up to date each day on all things tech.

Advertisers are not the only group upset with the sports station. WEEI carries Boston Red Sox games through the 2023 season. And that gives the team every right to express their “frustration and disappointment” with Entercom, according to president and CEO Sam Kennedy.

The Inside Edition personality will host the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s 2018 Golden Mike Award. The black-tie fundraiser will honor Emily Barr, President and CEO of Graham Media, and will take place Monday, March 5, in New York City. Peggy Allen, Don Graham, and Hank Price will be presenters at the event.

Cumulus Media’s WIOV-FM/I-105 in Lancaster, PA, announced the passing of longtime morning show host Jerry Murphy, Wednesday, at age 61. Murphy was known as “Murph” of the Murph & Casey Morning Show on I-105. He hosted the show with Casey Allyn for 19 years. 

We are told that, even though The Trustee did in fact object to all bonuses Cumulus plans to pay out, the court has already approved the bonuses for the majority of the employees, and those will be paid out as scheduled. The remaining bonuses, which involve high-level executives will be addressed by the court on March 12.

John Patrick has joined Steve Smith and Mary Liz Nolan as a co-anchor of the  morning show, 5:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., on WGAC (95.1FM/AM 580) in Augusta, GA. He began his new position on February 13. Patrick most recently served as the host of Buzz on Buzz at WRDW-AM in Augusta.

When do radio's on-air hosts go too far? When advertisers start to cancel is certainly a red flag. Every dollar is precious these days and when advertisers start to distance themselves from a station or host, that is never a good thing. In the wake of two recent employee suspensions for insensitive comments, WEEI will be holding sensitivity training for all of its employees Friday.