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The 8th annual Talk Show Boot Camp will be held at the W-Hotel/Buckhead in Atlanta on March 9th and 10th. Speakers already signed to present include: Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan and comedian, author and radio host Jimmy Failla.

On Friday CBS Radio announced that Todd Cavanah will add US99 (WUSN) in Chicago to his list of responsibilities. Cavanah is VP of Programming for CBS Radio Chicago and was already overseeing the four music stations CBS owns in that city.

Impact Radio Group CEO Darrell Calton tells Radio Ink his sports talker ESPN Boise has moved from 96.5 FM to 99.1 FM in Boise. It gives the sports station a stronger, more clear signal. ESPN Boise includes local shows such as The Press Box with Jay Tust and B.J. Rains and The Drive with Joey Jenkins and Alex Gold.

MySA.com has the details of the death of Bruce Hathaway. The former Top 40 radio host died Friday from a heart attack at the age of 78. Hathaway was dealing with complications from back surgery and diabetes since June. (Picture courtesy MySA.com)

Every radio station needs new revenue and CBS isn't the kind of company to sign a deal with a here-today gone-tomorrow start-up. So we reached out to CBS DC Market Manager Steve Swensen to ask him to hook us up with Wrapify CEO James Heller to get more detail on how other radio stations can get in on the new product and make some money.

This is where the Wrapify idea came from. CBS Sports 1580 AM (WJFK-AM) in Washington, D.C., entered into a partnership with the mobile outdoor marketing company to supply D.C. Metro advertisers with out-of-home advertising that’s currently limited in the market.

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."