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Back in 2003, while hosting The Nighthawk on KTRS in St. Louis, George Noory was recruited by Premiere Networks to guest host Coast to Coast AM. He became the permanent host of the over-night program, replacing Art Bell. On Monday, Noory signed a new long-term deal with Premiere to host the show, which is heard on 600 radio stations. Details about the new deal were not disclosed.

Four years ago, Robert McManus plead guilty to two felonies: the sale of unregistered securities and the sale of securities without a license. McManus hosted a Sunday morning show on 700 WLW called Safe Money America. According to the Journal-News, 18 local residents lost $2 million because of McManus's fraud. The investments were for two oil wells with the promise of as much as 15 to 20 percent return. A judge sentenced McManus to five years. READ MORE HERE

Jimmy Steele is the new Operations Manager for Cumulus’ five-station Mobile cluster. In the newly created position, Steele will oversee stations WABD-FM, WGOK-AM, WBLX-FM, WDLT-FM, and WXQW-AM. He will also serve WXQW-AM as Program Director.

One analyst tells Radio Ink Cumulus' latest 8K filing is "a poison pill designed to prevent a takeover of the company." This will no doubt fuel more speculation as to what Lew Dickey may be up to after he launched a new company called Modern Media Acquisition Corp which was specifically created to effect a merger.

Williams will co-host The Curtis and Eboni Show on WABC Radio in NYC, weekdays Noon-3:00 p.m. ET. In addition to her new co-hosting duties, Williams serves as co-host of FOX News Channel's The FOX News Specialists. She replaces Ron Kuby who was recently let go from the station.

This new content for vets created by CBS Radio will be produced and presented by vets who understand the complexity and stages of transitioning from the military ranks back into civilian life. Programming can be found at connectingvets.com and Radio.com, with audio on demand available at connectivingvets.com/podcasts, and programming on the air on WJFK-AM in Washington.

Their annual Corporate Leadership Award goes to the transportation company for its FedEx Cares program, which invests in communities around the world. In support of these efforts, FedEx has committed to investing $200 million in more than 200 communities by 2020.

The three Legend Communications country stations of Wyoming -- KGWY-FM, Gillette; KZMQ-FM, Cody; and KLGT-FM, Buffalo-Sheridan, have raised over $100,000 with their annual St. Jude Radiothons. That takes the total raised over the past 11 years to more than $1.2 million.

Nineteen Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards, in fact, including the Outstanding News Operation award and the award for Best Website for WTOP.com. It was more awards than any other station in the metro region.