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WXRT's Wendy Rice is retiring from the CBS Chicago station. Rice is the host of the popular Saturday Morning Flashback program. Her final show will be this Saturday. She's been at WXRT for 35 years. Rice began her career at XRT as an intern in 1978; she later made a stop in Peoria, at WWCT-FM before returning to Chicago and joining the WXRT air staff in 1982.

Dallas McCade gets the Music Director nod at Country station Kicks 101.5 FM in Atlanta. McCade, who's currently co-host of the morning show with Cadillac Jack announced on the air Monday she's leaving the show to take the MD position. She'll also be on the air in a timeslot to be determined. Jack announced he'll be off the air until Thursday when the station reveals its new morning show.

Beasley Media in Las Vegas is shifting Aimee Montgomery from Star 107.9 to Lite 101.5 FM where she will become the new midday host. Montgomery, who joined Star 107.9 in 2015, most recently served as a co-host of the morning show and worked as Brooke and Jubal’s local On-Air Liaison/Producer.

Susan Reynolds has been named Marketing/Promotions Director for iHeartMedia Portland, effective June 19. She will be responsible for overseeing marketing and promotions for the region’s nine brands, including their websites, social media, mobile and online presence for on-air personalities.

Premiere Networks-syndicated personalities John Boy and Billy, the Charlotte-based hosts of The Big Show, were honored with the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters’ 2017 Hall of Fame Award for their outstanding contributions to the broadcast industry in North Carolina.

After serving the ministry as a technical consultant for five months, WAY-FM Chief Operating Officer Lloyd Parker has announced that Dean Sims has joined the executive team as Chief Technology Officer. He starts July 1. Sims previously served as the Director of Global Technology Architecture at Compassion International in Colorado Springs.

This time on the radio station it purchased from Jeff Warshaw's Connoisseur Media in Box Elder, SD, back in 2013. Pandora purchased KXMZ-FM for $600,000 hoping to skirt around ASCAP and BMI fees by being considered a regular radio company. That never worked out. The pure-play streamer is now selling the station to Haugo Broadcasting in Rapid City for $300,000.

Back in 1987 when Emmis launched WFAN everyone questioned whether an all-Sports format would work on the radio. Today, CBS owns WFAN in New York City and it's the gold standard when it comes to Sports Talk stations. In honor of 30 years on the air, WFAN will celebrate this Thursday with a special day of live broadcasts.

The Home Depot ran 47,000 fewer spots last week than it did two weeks ago, however, 63,293 commercials on radio stations all across the country was still enough to take the top spot on the Media Monitors weekly chart. Lowe's was a distant second with 37,256, followed by GEICO (36,701), JC Penney (31,273), and AutoZone (27,160). There were no major movers on the chart last week.

The company has launched a new format from a translator operating at 94.7 in Charlotte. The station is called "94.7 Smoke" and the format is Southern Rock. Smoke launched at 6 a.m. on Monday with 10,000 songs in a row commercial free.