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Adam will assume morning drive duties for Star 102.1, “Dallas’ More Music, More Variety” radio station, April 3, 2017. Star Mornings with Leigh Ann will broadcast weekdays 6 – 10 a.m., with the host will be discussing the latest news in entertainment and pop culture as well as conducting major interviews with major artists.

Nielsen Audio SVP/Business Development Rich Tunkel revealed two pieces of new information at Radio Ink's Hispanic Radio Conference on Wednesday that you will certainly find very interesting.

If you do you should listen to what the Chief Marketing Officer for the Craig Zin Automotive Group, Micah Blehm (pictured right), shared at Radio Ink's Hispanic Radio Conference on Wednesday. Blehm was part of a panel moderated by Gary Rozynek and included Mindy Figueroa from L2L Marketing.

Antenna and RF systems company Dialectric has announced the hire of James Thomason as their new Southeast Sales Manager. He will serve as a key liaison between Dielectric and TV/radio broadcasters across the southeastern U.S., providing sales and customer service support.

Elvis Duran (pictured) picked up another station on March 27, as he goes on his syndicating way: 98.5 KISS FM in Peoria. The host of the most-listened-to Top 40 morning show in America is now waking folks in Central Illinois, 5-9 a.m. daily. Scott of the KISS Morning Show will move to afternoons starting April 3, with a brand new show.

Those words, from Spanish Broadcasting System EVP/COO Albert Rodriguez, put an exclamation point on the continuing power of radio – and Hispanic radio listeners – during a lively and jovial Hispanic Radio Executive Leadership Roundtable that closed out the two-day Hispanic Radio Conference in Fort Lauderdale.

This new relationship with cloud-based audio management platform, Omny Studio and Triton Digital will allow Emmis to capture, edit and distribute all of its content for on-demand use by its listeners Emmis has already begun using the technology to create audio archives for each of its shows.

KBEW-AM and FM licensed to Blue Earth, Minnesota and KDOM-AM and FM licensed to Windom, Minnesota were sold by Results Radio Group, who's President is Jerry Papenfuss to Riverfront Broadcasting owned by Doyle and Carolyn Becker. Susan Patrick and Jason James of Patrick Communications were the exclusive brokers for the deal.

WSOY News/Talk 1340AM/103.3 FM has been named “Community Partner of the Year” by the Kroger Central Division at their Vendor and Community Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony in Carmel, Indiana, on Tuesday, March 28.

ESPN Radio reaches another milestone April 2, when they throw out the first pitch on their 20th Major League Baseball season. The network's coverage of 71 games will include multiple appearances from several "gun" teams, including the defending World Series Champion Chicago Cubs.