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The NAB Education Foundation has selected the New Jersey musician and philanthropist to be the recipient of its 2017 Service to America Leadership Award for his ongoing efforts to combat poverty and homelessness. He will receive the honor at NABEF’s Celebration of Service to America Awards on June 20 in Washington, D.C.

The folks at iHeartRadio have come up with a podcast that’s sure to be a hit: The Ben and Ashley Almost Famous Podcast with The Bachelor contestants Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti.

That's when the ESPN Radio duo is expected to end their nearly two decade morning radio run with Greenberg heading to TV and Trey Wingo set to take to the lead radio role. Sports Illustrated is reporting that several ESPN staffers are saying the two hosts do not even talk to each other any longer once the mic is off.

As Beasley Media gets larger and integrates the Greater Media stations, the company has decided captains are needed to manage formats. PDs Bill Weston in Philadelphia, Cadillac Jack in Boston, John Candelaria in Vegas, and DJ Stout in Charlotte will all take on expanded roles, helping other Beasley stations in formats they have excelled in. Here are the specifics...

That's what Kuby (right) posted to Facebook, and he said his release was to save money. Curtis Sliwa will apparently continue middays solo on WABC. We reached out to Cumulus and received the standard, "the company does not comment on personnel matters." This was to be Kuby's final year, he says, and he informed management in December. Here's his full Facebook post.

Bustos Media has purchased three stations from Casa Media in Eastern Washington. The calls are KMNA-FM, KLES-FM, and KZXR-AM. Bustos will not begin operating the stations until the Bankruptcy Court and FCC grant approval. This would bring Bustos Media up to 20 stations.

TU 103.1 (KVET-FM HD2) is now a (Spanish and English language) Spanish Contemporary format, kicked off with commercial-free music. iHeart is flipping the format on the translator from Alternative Rock. A full programming lineup will be announced at a later date.

Former long-time Entercom CFO Steve Fisher has been given the Distinguished CFO Award from the Media Financial Management Association. The award pays tribute to a CFO who has made outstanding contributions to the media industry. Fisher was Entercom's CFO from 1998 until his retirement last month.

Chicago has had its share of problems in recent times and there’s never been more of a need to give the city’s youth some hope. So WGN Radio is teaming up with the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, the City of Chicago and over 30 radio stations to launch a citywide radio fundraising campaign for One Summer Chicago 2017

They’re both industry veteran sellers who've been named Director, National Partnerships at Westwood One. Delanne Lang (right) and Diane Johnston will work closely with national brands and agency partners to provide strategic marketing solutions.