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The Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast, hosted by the longtime wrestling journalist and publisher, will be released four times weekly, beginning July 18. Wade will take listeners through the latest wrestling news, insight into why it’s happening, and whether it is good or bad for the WWE, wrestlers, and the fans.

The San Francisco midday host will assume the new position on “The Throwback Station,” Q102.1 (KRBQ-FM), while continuing to do the Billy Vidal show, weekdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

More from the Ryvicker note where she states that there are concerns with the integration given "CBS Radio's underperformance." She writes, "CBS Radio's underperformance vs. the industry and Entercom seems to have resulted from poor management vs. station portfolio or brand." And she believes Entercom can turn that around within 12 months.

In a 10K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, former Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey provided more detail about his upcoming plans with his company Modern Media Acquisition. The company launched an IPO in May and banked $207 Million. It's expected Dickey will use that money, at some point, to purchase some sort of media company which may, or may not, involve radio. Here's the plan for MMA, according to the 10K filing...

Val Carolin is the new General Manager in Greenville, S.C. for Salem taking over for Joey Hudson who's exiting to become the GM of The Mike Gallagher Show. Carolin spent over 20 years in Atlanta radio, including management positions with iHeart Radio, Radio One, and most recently as GSM at Cumulus-Atlanta.

Orlando Country station 103.1 The Wolf (WOTW) has added MurphDawg & Jenn to weekday mornings, 6-10 a.m. The show will be comprised of the duo's light-hearted take on pop culture, Country music news, and a hyper-local focus on events, news, and everything Orlando.

On Tuesday, we reported that Ace of The Ace & TJ Show, which is syndicated out of Charlotte, would be revving up his motorcycle and attempting to jump a row of cars. It was all going to happen this Friday night. It seems that saner minds have prevailed

Variety station Q101.9/KQXT-FM is bringing the nationally-syndicated personality back to San Antonio in its nightly lineup. Starting July 3, the program will air from 7 p.m. to midnight, Sunday through Friday.

The Commission went on an East Coast pirate hunt and turned up the heat on four homeowners and one church, Thursday, giving them 10 days to explain why they are operating illegal radio stations. Florida and Massachusetts appear to be a nice little settling ground for pirates. How the church pastor responded to the FCC about the station will surely make you chuckle.

Everyone here at Radio Ink would like to wish all of our faithful readers a happy and safe 4th of July weekend. We'll be taking off the holiday off as well, enjoying the beach and the barbeque. Your headlines will return at 3:59 a.m. Wednesday morning, July 5. If breaking news happens, of course, we'll deliver it to you pronto.