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New York City’s 77 WABC Radio has announced the addition of The Frommer Travel Show to its weekly line-up of locally produced weekend talk shows. The show debuts Saturday, January 30, from 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Our special Country Radio Seminar issue of Radio Ink Magazine is about to be plastered all over the Omni Hotel in Nashville as radio executives, country PD's and on-air hosts converge on the city for the popular event held every year in February. This year, after 16 years at the Renaissance hotel, CRS will be held at the Omni Hotel and will feature a completely revamped agenda. You'll read all about those changes in your February 8th issue, along with Country radio's top 30 Program Directors. Also, in this issue is a special feature on syndicated hosts Big D and Bubba who have been together now since starting out at WTGE-FM in Baton Rouge back in 1996.

It's called Cür and the company already has Universal, Sony and Warner onboard. According to Digital Trends, all three companies have bought into the service, taking advantage of equity options presented by Cür to purchase a $1.37 million in Cür Media INC.

Pepper (pictured here), Music Director and Midday host at Entercom's 107.7 The End in Seattle is leaving the station for a digital opportunity outside of the industry. Her last day is Friday, February 19th.

JVC Media of Florida announces the addition of Gainesville radio legend “Leroy the Love Toy” for mornings on Classic Hits WYGC (104.9 WOW FM) starting Monday February 2 from 6 a.m.-10a.m.

Learn ways Hispanic radio can level the playing field for better — and more accurate — ratings at the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference.

The National Association of Broadcasters says it's morphing NAB Labs into a new organization called PILOT. John Clark has been brought on as director of the program. The NAB says PILOT is designed to create a coalition of broadcasting and technology stakeholders, such as new media broadcasters, measurement and attribution companies, advertising partners and technology enablers.

Twenty Seton Hall University students participated in a class with ESPN’s Bob Picozzi. The Picozzi visit gave the students at WSOU-FM an inside look at sports broadcasting and sports journalism.

The KISW-FM Seattle afternoon drive show certainly comes up with creative ways to raise money for the community. The show is now teaming up with Uli’s Famous Sausage to create the new Men's Room Original Sausage.