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Stephen Hubbard will be ABC’s Country Producer and Reporter based in Nashville, reporting primarily for ABC Radio but also supporting all ABC News platforms. Hubbard has contributed country content to ABC Radio since 2010, and most recently was a producer at ABC-TV affiliate WKRN.

Jackie Paige is the new midday personality for Radio One's Urban Mainstream iPower 92.1/104.1. Paige is moving to the Richmond station from WIKS 101.9 Kiss FM in New Bern, North Carolina, where she also held the midday time slot.

Townsquare CEO Steven Price didn't want to call the company's obstacle course race a fad, but he came pretty close. The event the company launched to great success in 2014 is coming to the end of its life cycle, and that's pretty typical of an obstacle course race.

NextRadio has signed an agreement with smartphone manufacturer LG Electronics MobileComm to enable FM chips in LG phones. LG will enable the FM chip in its smartphones providing millions of people access to local FM radio across the United States and Canada, as well as Latin American countries.

Half a century of broadcasting deserves a decent party and that’s just what WCBS-AM News Radio 880 got with a packed event at NYC’s Playstation Theater. Known for its legacy of great storytelling, the all-news station brought together many of its current hosts with well-known Gotham personalities.

The NFL’s Miami Dolphins and Univision Deportes Radio have entered into a multi-year agreement for WQBA 1140 AM to become the official Spanish-language radio broadcast partner of the franchise. Univision's recently launched radio network now holds the Spanish-language radio broadcast rights to all Dolphins preseason, regular season, and playoff games.

It’s a sad yet heartwarming story. The two country jocks helped a woman with only weeks to live to achieve one of the big items on her bucket list. Susan has 11 brain tumors and her time is short. She has always wanted to ride in a helicopter and the guys, both pilots themselves, arranged for it to happen. Take a look at the video...

MPR News is launching a new national show this fall: Flyover. The weekly, live, call-in show, hosted by Kerri Miller, will focus on the big issues of modern American identity and invite the perspectives of Americans in cities, towns, and rural areas.

This is one managers may want to keep a close eye on, depending on state laws on what attorneys can do to promote their law firms. It's also a story that clearly highlights the power of radio. The Utah firm of Driggs, Bills & Day has filed a federal lawsuit against their own regulators — the Utah State Bar. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, The Bar has been investigating the law firm for their live radio reads.

The NFL's Kansas City Chiefs have announced that this upcoming NFL season will be Len Dawson’s final season in the radio booth for the Chiefs Radio Network. This is Dawson's 33rd season calling Chiefs games. He began broadcasting in 1966, while he was still playing, and joined the Chiefs Radio Network as a commentator in 1984.