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Cumulus, Westwood One, Big Machine Label Group, and Advance Auto Parts are getting together for a multi-pronged national promotion for the launch of Brantley Gilbert’s new album, The Devil Don’t Sleep. The album comes out Friday with the promotion running through February 5. Here are the details in this deal...

The statement of the split came Thursday morning from Premiere, which syndicates Jay Mohr on Fox Sports Radio. Both sides have "mutually decided to conclude production and syndication of Jay Mohr Sports, effective immediately." Here's what Jay Mohr said...

On Friday, Entravision's Erazno of El Show de Erazno y la Chokolata, part of Entravision's radio network, will gather with other community leaders, immigrant activists, and residents in El Paso, Texas, as part of a Border Network for Human Rights event.

Talk radio host John Batchelor has signed a multi-year contract renewal with WABC Radio in New York City. The deal will take the 9 a.m.-1 p.m. host over the 15-year mark at the station. Batchelor is pictured here with Market Manager Chad Lopez, who calls the host "a New York institution."

The second annual BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting scholarship competition closes February 1, 2017, 11:59 p.m. EST. The awards are open to broadcasting students nationwide, with applicants evaluated based on their essay response, letter of recommendation, and academic record. Applicants must also be current students at accredited U.S. colleges or universities, between the ages of 17 and 24 at the time of entry...

The new weekly podcast is called EmmeStyle and is hosted by Supermodel Emme, who's known for her advocacy of a positive female body image and lifestyle. The podcast is co-produced by AdLarge and Hangar Studios, and will include guests from fashion, beauty, art, culture, money, politics, business, and health.

Popular host Guy Phillips has signed a multi-year contract extension with the St. Louis station that will keep the The Phillips & Company Morning Show (weekdays, 5.30-10 a.m.) at 98.1 KYKY-FM. The veteran broadcaster was elected to the St. Louis Radio Hall of Fame in 2006.

Former TV personality Craig Ferguson is getting his own daily program on SiriusXM. Broadcast live from Los Angeles, The Craig Ferguson Show will debut on Comedy Greats channel 94 on Monday, February 27, and air weekdays, 6-8 p.m.

Artifical Intelligence company Veritone has signed an agreement with TuneIn giving TuneIn a license to Veritone’s Cognitive Media Platform to index, analyze, search and share TuneIn’s owned and operated content. The platform enables media organizations to analyze audio and video in near real-time.

On Wednesday FCC FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn spoke to the NAB Capital Assets Conference on "Financing Minority and Women Ownership in Broadcasting." The Commissioner said owning a television or radio station is a dream. "But the hard, cold reality is this: a new entrant, with no existing license, has a supreme challenge when it comes to acquiring the capital necessary to seal a broadcast property deal."