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Hubbard Radio's WFED 1500 AM (Federal News Radio) is the new flagship home for the Capitals and Wizards radio networks starting this season. Both teams were heard on CBS Radio’s 106.7 The Fan.

It's all powered by Alexa, Amazon's female technology voice that executes your commands through a cylindrical speaker called Echo you set anywhere in your home. If you have one, you already know how easy it is to use the device and how much music was already available for free before Thursday's announcement of Amazon Music Unlimited, an on-demand music service with a catalog of tens of millions of songs and thousands of hand-curated playlists.

Beasley Media Group has promoted Fayetteville Business Manager Robin Riehl to Corporate Controller. She will relocate from Fayetteville to Beasley’s corporate headquarters in Naples, Florida.

Jagger has been named PD for iHeartMedia's KISS 95.7 and KC101 in Hartford. He moves over to Hartford from New York City where he was Music Director for Z100 and nighttime host on WKTU.

The company says the new look "embraces the dynamic range of sound and color, visualizing the energy and emotion that artists pour into the creation of music, and that we feel as listeners." Pandora launched the new logo Thursday and said users will begin to see the new app icon on their mobile devices, whether they listen to ad-supported Pandora or Pandora Plus.

In early September, Chase Lightfoot, a 17-year-old lineman from Alvin Shadow Creek high school in Houston, collapsed and died during a game. That stirred Houston radio station Sports Radio 610 and former NFL star Earl Campbell into action and here's what they did...

The station will present It’s a Wonderful Life as its 2016 “Holiday Radio Show.” The show is set for Tuesday, November 29 at Turner Hall in Milwaukee, beginning at 6:30 p.m.  It will be recorded in front of a live studio audience and replayed on-air throughout the Christmas Season.

The popular midday air personality, Assistant Program Director, and Social Media Manager for WIAD can now add the role of Music Director for 94.7 Fresh FM to the hats she wears.

The BMI Foundation has announced the opening of the second annual BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting scholarship competition. Open to broadcasting students nationwide, the program will award up to $5,000 for the best original essay response entry.

Kusnierek joins the sports station’s on-air line-up as a weekend and substitute host. Kusnierek has been a sports reporter and talk show host at WTMJ and ESPN 540 in Milwaukee. She's also been a reporter and anchor for the MLB Network, the NFL Network and The Big Ten Network and covered the 2016 Olympics.