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June 5 through June 19, listeners can vote for radio personalities in two categories being inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. The nominees for Music Format On-Air Personality are: Bobby Bones, Sean “Hollywood” Hamilton, Guy Phillips, and Ryan Seacrest. For Spoken Word, the nominees are Mike & Mike, Bill Handel, Joe Madison and Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ legendary Sgt. Peppers’ Lonely Hearts Club Band album, and Westwood One is marking the occasion with a two-hour special featuring Giles Martin, who mixed the 50th anniversary album and is the son of Beatles record producer, the late Sir George Martin.

In addition to her Market Manager responsibilities for CBS Radio in Houston, Sarah Frazier has a busy agenda that has her working extra hours advancing the cause for radio. Sarah Frazier is on Radio Ink's 2017 Most Influential Women in Radio list set to be released on June 19.

Radio Ink is proud to announce that Forecast 2018 will be co-chaired by Mark Gray, CEO of Katz Media Group, and Chris Weil, CEO and chairman of Momentum Worldwide.

Starting this month BizTalkRadio is adding three shows to its roster. They are The Scott Lumley Show, Saturdays at 9AM, which is a program about entrepreneurs, The Price of Business with Kevin Price, Friday at 7PM and Wall Street Raw with Mark Leibovit, Saturday at 10PM.

iHeartMedia Charleston’s morning show host Kelly Golden will receive the Key to the City of Charleston today in the Council Chambers of Charlston. The honor is for her efforts in bringing pertinent information to her community and providing resources to listeners in momentous times of need.

The streaming service has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by Melissa Ferrick and David Lowery. The suit involves songwriters and publishers whose compositions the service streamed without a license.

Sprint has shifted its advertising business to radio friendly agency Horizon Media. According to Media Post, Spring spent $700 million in advertising in 2016. Mediavest | Spark had been Sprint's ad agency since 2011.

Can a soon-to-be-divorced couple still work successfully on the air? That's what popular Entercom afternoon hosts Stevie G & TPot will soon find out after announcing they are getting separated. Listeners followed them as they dated and then married. Now they will listen as the break apart. They are staying together on the air at Entercom's B97.

SVP of Compliance and Industry Relations will be Nicole Kuntz’s full title. She’ll also be the company’s Chief Compliance Officer. Kuntz brings more than 10 years of digital advertising experience to her new position. She is a Certified System Information Auditor.