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That question was not addressed in Field's internal memo Monday. For example, in Boston, there are two strong managers running two excellent clusters. Phil Zachary is running Boston for Entercom, while Mark Hannon runs the market for CBS. In San Francisco Steve DiNardo is the Market Manager for Entercom while Doug Harvill is the Market Manager for CBS Radio.

In the internal memo to his team, Entercom CEO David Field provided an update on how this massive merger is progressing. He expressed his appreciation to everyone for their patience. "We all want to see the deal close as quickly as possible, but these large mergers just take time. I am pleased to report that we are right on schedule and hard at work, making great progress in every area required to complete our merger successfully."

Podtrac measures podcast audiences across all traffic sources, and the numbers in June show ESPN debuting at #5 with a unique audience of 3.5 million. NPR took the top spot with an audience of over 12 million, with WNYC Studio second with an audience of 6.2 million. Here's a look at the top 10 podcasts from the month of June, according to Podtrac...

Cumulus appoints John Kaufman Senior VP for Revenue Strategy and Operations. It's a new position created for Kaufman. The company says he will lead the optimization of revenue at Cumulus with a focus on pricing and inventory management for both Westwood and the Cumulus radio stations. Kaufman has worked for iHeart, Starwood Hotels, Priceline, and American Airlines. He'll report directly to CEO Mary Berner.

As of July 31, Mark Turcotte will be the new General Sales Manager for CMG Atlanta. For the past seven years, Turcotte has been GSM for Midwest Communications in Nashville. He's worked in Atlanta before as the National Sales Manager and Local Sales Manager at CBS' WZGC-FM. He also had a run as the Atlanta-based NSM for CMG Radio's then-Birmingham stations.

iHeartMedia San Diego’s Joe Haze has added a new role to his duties with the company. Haze has been named PD for STAR 94.1. Haze currently serves as PD for Channel 93.3 and afternoon drive host for STAR 94.1. In his newly expanded role, he will serve as PD for both Channel 93.3 and STAR 94.1, and continue as afternoon drive host on STAR 94.1.

The Steve Harvey Morning Show recently clocked up its 100th affiliate. Now Harvey has decided to take the entire cast of his radio show to appear on his daytime TV program The Steve Harvey Show today. The crew includes Shirley Strawberry, Nephew Tommy, Junior, Carla Ferrell, Mississippi Monica, and the newest edition to the show, J. Anthony Brown.

Tech It Out joins Radio America’s weekly schedule, and is hosted by technology columnist, author, and TV personality, Marc Saltzman. The thrust of the show is to put overwhelmed listeners at ease when it comes to technology, and break down all the “geek speak” with lots of news, reviews, and how-to’s.

If New Jersey Governor Chris Christie continues to get the national publicity he's getting for WFAN auditioning for Mike Francesa's time slot, WFAN VP of Programming Mark Chernoff may have an interesting decision to make. A heated exchange Christie had with a regular caller Monday went viral and received a lot of national publicity. The only problem...it had nothing to do with sports.

The NAB announced the finalists for the 2017 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, honoring radio stations and on-air personalities for excellence in broadcasting. The five stations up for Legendary Station of the Year are CBS Radio's WCBS-AM in New York and KNX-AM in Los Angeles, Emmis' WBLS-FM and WQHT-FM in New York, and iHeartMedia's KIIS-FM in Los Angeles. Here are all the finalists from every category.