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John McDonald hosted a weekend talk show on WGAN in Portland for 25 years. He told The Portland Press Herald he was not given a reason for being fired.

Popular Chicago morning show host Eric Ferguson is off the air after a third allegation of inappropriate behavior was reported. Hubbard Market Manager Jeff England has taken the host off the air through October and alerted staff to brace for more press stories about Ferguson.

Morning show host Mercedes Martinez and programmer Charese Frugé have joined forces to form MC Media, a multi-purpose consulting company servicing both the talent and programming sides of radio, with an emphasis on female clients.

In the most recent St. Louis On The Air podcast , Danny Wicentowski reports on the Robert Romanik, who calls himself The Grim Reaper of Radio.

(By Charlie Sislen) This column is typically focused on hints and strategies to help a broadcast sales rep increase sales by attracting new advertisers to radio. For that reason, we have not focused on GRPs and CPP, the currency of our industry. In normal times, these metrics are used by existing advertisers to negotiate rate.

Fox Sports Radio’s total podcast listens for the network's Monday through Friday lineup have reached 10.25 million across all platforms for the month of January. This latest benchmark is the result of record growth across FSR's weekday programming lineup.

ABC Audio has launched the trailer for its new literary podcast, The Book Case, hosted by ABC News journalist Charlie Gibson and his daughter Kate Gibson. The first episode, posting Monday, May 2, features a conversation with Oprah Winfrey.

Audacy has elevated DJ Squintz to Assistant Brand Manager in San Francisco and Sacramento. He will support KRBQ-FM and KSFM-FM with programming leadership involving air talent, music, operations and promotions.

That's according to a new report released by Edison Research and NPR. Edison's Tom Webster presented the data in a webinar, Wednesday afternoon. Of those, 43 million, 54% of the smart-speaker owners are women and 46% are men. How does this latest home gadget impact radio? Let's find out.

Los Angeles station 97.1 AMP Radio (KAMP-FM) has launched Out Now, an LGBTQ+ Talk Radio network dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and their allies. To coincide with National Coming Out Day, Out Now launched October 11 on Radio.com and its app, and on 97.1 HD2.