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Fresno’s PowerTalk 96.7 and AM1400 will broadcast the Los Angeles Chargers for the 2017 NFL football season. The stations will be the official Los Angeles Chargers affiliates in Fresno and Visalia, California.

SiriusXM and ESPN are teaming up to deliver an exclusive 24/7 college sports channel, programmed by SiriusXM. ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM (channel 84) will debut Thursday, August 31, and will be available exclusively to SiriusXM subscribers via satellite radios, the SiriusXM app and on connected devices, including smart TVs, Amazon Alexa devices and Sony PlayStation.

The fourth annual festival will take place at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami on Saturday, November 4 and will include performances by Nacho, Gente De Zona, Don Omar, CNCO, Reik, Jesse y Joy, and Camila Cabello, with more artists to follow. For the second year, the concert will be hosted by Enrique Santos.

It’s a Classic Hits format featuring 30-second audio documentaries that give radio listeners a comprehensive look at the stories behind the biggest Classic Hits songs of all time. The new audio series for Classic Hits radio stations is an addition to Benztown’s “Behind the Song” audio documentaries for the Classic Rock and Classic Country formats, which debuted last year.

Those are the words of CBS Radio Houston Market Manager Sarah Frazier (pictured here) who has her team working frantically to keep the community informed. As of 4 p.m. Sunday, CBS's stations went to an all-news simulcast on KHMX, KILT-FM, KILT-AM, and KKHH. Frazier tells Radio Ink that Monday morning it was clear there was a need to offer local residents a constant stream of evacuation and shelter information.

That's according to Sports Illustrated writer Richard Deitsch who says he was told by sources that the ESPN host will be back on the radio the day after Labor Day. Rusillo was arrested last week after wandering into a strangers condo in Wyoming, allegedly drunk and unable to answer questions from police coherently. He was also reported to have his pants down around his ankles.

The former ESPN host with Ryen Russillo, who was fired several months ago when the network laid off dozens, begins a daily show (1-4 p.m.) on SiriusXM channel 84 starting today. FOX Sports is also expected to announce that Kanell will be a part-time analyst for games on FS1 and FS2 starting this Saturday.

The Super Bowl XXI MVP will be an NFL analyst on SiriusXM's Mad Dog Sports Radio (channel 82) throughout the 2017 season. He will join host Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo each week for Simms and the Mad Dog, an hour-long program where the duo will discuss the news from the league that week and preview the coming weekend's matchups.

Longtime Philadelphia DJ T. Morgan, who just celebrated his 50th anniversary on Philadelphia radio, will be inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame. Morgan first went on the air at age 15 on WICK in Scranton.

The company’s annual Operating Achievement Awards were handed out during a dinner at Beasley Media Group’s annual Management Meeting on Friday, August 25 at the Ritz Carlton in Naples, Florida. The awards honor the achievements and contributions made by employees and radio stations over the last 12 months.