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He's been all over the news recently with his parole hearing set for Thursday. ABC News Radio will provide live coverage of the O.J. Simpson parole hearing anchored by correspondent Aaron Katersky at 1:00 p.m. Katersky will be joined by correspondent Alex Stone from the Lovelock Correctional Center and legal analyst Royal Oakes.

The six-station cluster collected five large semi-trucks filled with bottled water to help flood victims in the Southeast Wisconsin area, where unprecedented flash floods contaminated water wells leaving many residents with no access to drinking water and electrical power.

Beasley’s New 1037, Kiss 95.1, K 104.7, 97.9 WPEG, 101.9 WBAV, and 94.7 SMOKE recently partnered with local Teen Health Connection to host the Youth to Youth Southern States Conference Extreme Skill Workshop, which took place Tuesday at Queens College in Charlotte.

Ed Atsinger first appeared on Radio Ink's 40 Most Powerful People in Radio list back in 1997, one year after the list was launched. 2017 marks Atsinger's 20th year on our list -- his official ranking will be revealed when our issue comes out on July 24. Here is our extended interview with one of radio's longest-running and most powerful CEOs, Salem Media Group CEO Ed Atsinger.

This joint announcement from Premiere and CMT that Marley Sherwood has joined CMT After MidNite with Cody Alan and CMT Radio Live with Cody Alan. Sherwood will serve as a correspondent, focusing on pop culture and lifestyle stories.

It's a topic that never seems to go away. Why doesn't country radio play more female artists? Is there some underlying factor that leads to so many radio stations dominated by male artists? Or, is their music just not good enough? The latest to highlight the issue is Rolling Stone which is calling out country radio after strong sales of the latest Miranda Lambert album despite minimal radio support. The magazine calls it sexism.

The San Francisco public radio station has been "bombed back to 20 years ago, technology-wise," according to senior editor Quenna Kim. According to The San Francisco Chronicle the attack took place in late June and the station is still trying to fix the problem.

Spotify is being sued by two publishers out of Nashville. According to Variety, Rob Gaudino and Bluewater Music allege that Spotify did not have a license to stream thousands of songs from their catalogs. They are asking for $150,000 per infringement.

Mike Orth has joined Adams Radio in the newly created position of VP Sales of Adams Digital Media. Orth spent the past seven years with the Minneapolis Star Tribune Media Company, where he managed local and national retail accounts and assisted in the implementation and growth of their digital services.

CBS CEO Les Moonves will make an appearance on The Dan Sileo Show this Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. Sileo hosts a sports talk show on The Mighty 1090 in San Diego which is owned by Broadcast Company of the Americas. Sileo plans to ask Moonves about selling off the CBS Radio stations. Listen to the interview Friday morning HERE.