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And the news talker now owned by Entercom celebrated its big birthday on Monday by airing special programming highlighting key moments in WBT 1110 AM’s 95-year history. The celebration also included the announcement that Ray Gooding, Henry Boggan, and John Hancock will be inducted into the WBT Hall of Fame.

Mike Hartel is Alpha Media’s new Vice President of the Mid-Atlantic Region. Hartel will continue to hold the positon of SVP/Market Manager in Columbia, SC. Hartel will be working with the markets of Savannah-Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville, Fredericksburg, and Bluefield.

Sports-hungry New Englanders get another side on their plate when Andy Gresh returns to the Providence airwaves as the new 6-9 p.m. host at WPRO-AM. Gresh will talk Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, and Bruins, as well as Providence College, University of Rhode Island, Brown, and Bryant.

The NAB show, set to begin later this month in Vegas, will have over 200 companies that are exhibiting for the first time. Some of the new companies to set up on the 1 million-plus square feet of exhibit floor include Google, Vimeo, and TiVo, among others. The 2017 NAB Show, April 22-27, will feature over 1,700 companies, including 751 international exhibitors.

Seton Hall’s student-run station, WSOU 89.5 FM, has welcomed three new inductees into its Hall of Fame: sportscaster Matt Loughlin '79, traffic reporter Pete Tauriello '76, and engineer Richard Koziol. In addition, George Roskos '09 was presented with the station's Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. The honorees were inducted on Saturday, April 8.

Only The Home Depot aired more commercials than the U.S. Department of Transportation last week, according to Media Monitors. The USDOT aired 40,287 spots on radio stations all across the country, with The Home Depot at 77,108. Rounding out the top five were GEICO (39,374), Lowe's (31,591), and Mattress Firm (30,919).

Oink Ink says the winner of its 18th annual Dead Radio Contest was Cundari’s Emmanuel Torres’ 60-second spot called PUSH for fixauto.com. Torres, an art director in Cundari’s Toronto office, had the idea for the script seven years ago in his first advertising class in college.

Jon Patch's lively, three-hour show Talkin’ Pets is celebrating 27 years of broadcasting. Patch, and his dedicated veterinarians and trainers on the show, talk about medical, behavior issues, pet products, food, treats, training issues, and more. For more information or to add Talkin’ Pets to your station please call Jon at 813-888-5043 or email him at [email protected].

The renowned children’s research hospital reached the massive total during this year’s Promesa y Esperanza® (Promise and Hope) radio event held in 16 media markets in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, April 6-7. Since the partnership’s inception in 2006, the St. Jude/Univision national radio event has raised more than $56 million.

The podcast universe keeps expanding. This time it’s a new program narrated and researched by author James Andrew Miller. Origins, the podcast will explore beginnings -- whether from the worlds of television, movies, sports, music, business, or human relationships -- to explain how greatness starts and how critical happenings come to be.