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Mike Francesa is retiring from WFAN at the end of 2017 and as its been widely reported over the past few days, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is getting a tryout for Francesa's slot. Several others are also getting an audition for the shift...

Longtime St. Louis host Tammie Holland is gone from KMJM-FM. Holland and iHeartMedia parted ways last week, according to The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Her last day on the air was Thursday July 6 and her final words on the air were "Stick a fork in me, I'm done." She hosted the 9 a.m. -2 p.m. shift on the Hip Hop station. Picture courtesy St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Chron.com reports that the popular conservative host passed away Sunday, July 9, after announcing on air the previous Wednesday that he would no longer have treatment for the aggressive cancer he’d been fighting for two years. He was 58.

The fourth annual Confer Radio Talent Institute opens today at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. It runs for 10 days. Students with a desire and drive to be in radio were accepted from nine different universities. Lifelong broadcaster and Forever Media Partner Kerby Confer said, “We want to make a difference, to give back and give this next generation a good firm foundation in how the communications business works."

(By Bob McCurdy) Working to modify advertising plans to include radio takes time and requires a “process.” What might seem obvious and logical to us might not seem obvious and logical to our clients.

(By Jeff McHugh) The fall Nielsen ratings period begins September 8 for both PPM and diary markets. That is not far away. Radio and podcast shows are somewhat lost to other diversions during the summer months, but you can get a big financial, ratings, or creative return on a small investment of time with these activities.  

(By Ronald Robinson) The title refers to the fact that Corporate PDs have little else to do except slip into being philosophers rather than teachers/trainers or coaches. For over 30 years, any worthwhile strategies and methodologies, as they apply to influencing audiences, have been tapped, drained, and discarded.

They’ve shuffled the schedule at JAM’N 95.7, “San Diego’s Hip Hop and R&B station,” and it goes into effect today. Frankie “V” Vinci will go from afternoon drive to co-host morning drive with Tati Pelegreen; Nina Chantele has been added to middays; and Pablo Sato has moved from morning drive to afternoon drive.

There’s a new morning show ready to go for Y100 WNCY Appleton-Green Bay – “Your Home For Country and Fun.” Randy “Shotgun” Shannon is teaming up with 12-Year veteran morning show co-host Charli McKenzie. PD Dan Stone said, "Shotgun & Charli share a great chemistry and this show is going to be a ton of fun." The show kicks off today.

This is taking a radio success story to a whole new level. All of us in radio sales have asked clients to record testimonials, hoping to convince other advertisers in our market about the power of radio, not to mention to give our clients a little extra airtime. Broadcasters in Chicago have come together and developed one of the best ways to tell Radio's story using the testimonial approach.