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iHeartMedia announced Friday that former Cox Media Group CEO Kim Guthrie has been named Division President for iHeartMedia in Florida. She replaces Linda Byrd who's retiring July 15th.

Bernard McGuirk and Sid Rosenberg have reached the milestone hosting the morning drive show on 77 WABC/NYC, and celebrated in style. Joining the guys in-studio were the likes of Congressman Peter King, Bo Dietl, Lisa Lampinelli, Jim Breuer, and Chazz Palminteri.

Multifaceted radio station owner and morning host Clement "Skip" Diegel passed away on January 16. Diegel is best known for his work in Florida, serving as one of its original managers for The Villages WVLG and owner of WSBB-AM in New Smyrna Beach.

Pete Schartel is the Owner of KCXL Radio in Liberty, Missouri. His station carries Radio Sputnik, a radio service funded by the Kremlin. Schartel tells Radio Ink that he's been receiving threats after the NAB sent out a letter calling on stations to stop carrying programming with ties to the Russian Government.

Pastor Daniel Darling, a spokesman for the National Religious Broadcasters, has been fired after appearing on MSNBC and discussed how his faith motivated him to get the Covid-19 vaccine. NBC reports he was fired for violating the groups policy to remain neutral.

iHeart has named Chris Edge Area Senior VP of Programming for Raleigh and Greensboro. iHeartMedia’s Raleigh and Greensboro Area includes 10 stations. Edge is currently responsible for programming five iHeart Raleigh stations, a position he's had for the past five years.

Bruce Mittman and Jim Leven are partners in Community Broadcasters. They met in 1986, when Mittman was visiting a station where Leven was working as the manager. Mittman eventually purchased that station in 1986 and the two have been friends ever since. Their radio careers wound around and back together again.

Syndicated Radio Personality Sam Alex is hosting a concert to benefit scholarships for Camp Broadcast. Camp Broadcast is a masterclass for high school and college-aged Journalists and broadcasters.

Wendell Pierce tells The Philadelphia Tribune he has big plans for WBOK-AM in New Orleans. Pierce started his career at WYLD-FM in New Orleans. He went on to star in roles such as Detective Bunk in HBO's The Wire.

According to The Minnesota Broadcasters Association all Twin Cities commercial radio stations will join broadcast outlets from across the state to show support for each other through “Twin Cities Night of Light.”