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The ABC News Radio special series is called America’s Fentanyl Crisis. Senior Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas (pictured here wearing a hazmat suit to get a sense of the challenges police face) reports on the crisis from New England, which ABC says is ground zero of the Fentanyl epidemic.

Scripps-owned WTMJ Radio in Milwaukee starts up the new podcast network, which includes WTMJ shows on demand and locally based podcasters from Milwaukee and Wisconsin. The pilot program also includes exclusive podcasts for the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, and Milwaukee Bucks.

Leeann Tweeden is joining KABC in Los Angeles as news anchor on the McIntyre in the Morning show. Tweeden joins McIntyre and sportscaster Randy Wang. Previously, Tweeden co-hosted LA Today with Roggin & Tweeden on AM570 LA Sports Radio.

Carisma has been promoted to Music Director and Mix Show Coordinator for Hip Hop station REAL 92.3. Carisma joined REAL 92.3 in 2015 as the live DJ/Mixer in afternoon drive, and part of the Young California Radio collaboration with DJ Amen and Dre Sinatra, which airs on Saturday nights from 7 p.m. to midnight.

Jeremy “Otis” Maher has changed his address from Louisville to Atlanta to be the new Afternoon Drive Personality and Music Director for 94.9 The Bull, "Today’s Best Country," effective Monday, February 6.

The NAB is reporting that another four members of Congress have joined as cosponsors of a resolution that opposes "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act (LRFA) now has 127 cosponsors in the House and 10 in the Senate.

The renowned St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital finds itself on the end of more radio support. This time it’s 95.3 The Bull, Portsmouth NH's New Hit Country. The second annual Country Cares For Kids Radiothon raised over $26,000.

The latest NAB Podcast is called Avoiding Costly Fines: Inside the Pages of NAB’s Guide to FCC Station Regulation. NAB senior VP/Senior Deputy General Counsel Jerianne Timmerman and NAB Associate General Counsel Larry Walke discuss the intricacies of FCC regulations, including public inspection files, contests and indecency.LISTEN HERE

The Alaska station KBRJ – 104.1 on the dial – did an amazing job with their 20th Annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon. To the tune of almost $90K!

This one's been making the national media rounds. Scott Zolak is a host on 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston. He's also one half of the Radio broadcast team for the New England Patriots. His call of the winning touchdown in Sunday's Superbowl was outstanding. LISTEN HERE