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Another big win for Amazon and audio listening in the home. SiriusXM has announced Howard Stern and more than 200 other channels are now available to paid subscribers on Amazon's Alexa devices.

It's called FOMO New York City, a new daily e-newsletter that delivers New York-centric news and updates right to a subscriber’s inbox. About the new product, CBS Radio New York Market Manager Marc Rayfield says, “FOMO New York City delivers top local news in an easy-to-read format that makes sense for how we live and consume media today."

The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters sent 20 representatives to meet with Major General Chris Hughes, the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Cadet Command, in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Hughes explained that he needed help for Cadet Command to increase the number of African Americans applying to ROTC and seeking to become officers in the U.S. Army.

News correspondent Steve Kastenbaum has won two silver awards from the New York Radio Festival international competition. One was for reports during the presidential campaign on how some votes of dead people were counted. The other for Westwood One News’ breaking coverage of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando.

88Nine Radio Milwaukee’s 414Music.fm launched its new HD2 broadcast radio channel, and mobile and online stream, Tuesday. The station plays at least one Milwaukee artist every hour and supports Milwaukee bands via its weekly on-air 414 Live interview and performance show, and its annual Milwaukee Music Awards.

The USA Today Network is launching a podcast called The City, from investigative reporter Robin Amer, in 2018. City explores different American metropolises, using news stories as a vehicle to examine each city’s power structure, revealing how our communities really work behind the scenes.

On Monday, iHeartMedia and Fox Networks Group announced the launch of Smart A/V Audiences, a suite of data-driven advertising products available to advertisers that including both Audio and Video creative units integrated onto one platform. Here's what iHeart CEO Bob Pittman said the goal of this new collaboration is...

She's one of radio's strongest and loudest proponents. Mary Beth Garber was hired by Katz back in 2011 as the EVP for Marketing Strategy. Radio Ink has learned that Garber is no longer with Katz as of last week. She can be reached at [email protected]

iHeartMedia's SportsTalk 790 in Houston will shuffle its lineup next month. Josh Innes, who's been holding down afternoons since October 2016, will move to mornings as of July 17. From 2013 until he was fired last year, Innes hosted a very popular afternoon show on CBS Radio's WIP in Philadelphia.

Rickey Smiley will host the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner and Show on September 7 at the 2017 Radio Show in Austin. Smiley last hosted the Marconi Awards back in 2015 in Atlanta.