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The RTDNA handed out its prestigious Edward R. Murrow awards last night in Washington, DC. ABC News Radio won the top honor for Overall Excellence in Radio, Breaking News- Radio and Hard News- Radio. VP for ABC Radio Steve Jones accepted the award and here's what he had to say.

That's according Triton Digital which released its July ranker on Monday. According to the latest stats, overall streaming has seen steady growth when compared to July 2015. "Both pureplays and AM/FM broadcasters showed positive growth during the Monday-Friday 6:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. daypart and the Monday-Sunday 6:00 a.m.-Midnight daypart."

CBS' 104.1 JACK-FM (KZJK) in Minneapolis says Remy Maxwell will become the station’s first ever live afternoon drive host later this month. Remy started his radio career more than 20 years ago, with shows in L.A., Minneapolis, and on Sirius. He joined KZJK in December 2010 as the Imaging Director and live event personality.

Michele Kiefer has been named GSM for iHeartMedia's five radio stations in Charlotte. Kiefer is a 22-year media veteran who previously served as Senior VP of Sales for iHeart in Indianapolis. She has also worked as D.O.S. for Cumulus in Indianapolis.

If you don't know the answer to that question, you need to be at Radio Ink's Forecast 2017 in New York City. Is the brain replacing the heart in digital media buying? As it’s now tracking, digital will soon make up half of all agency revenue, yet only one of the top five digital agencies is an established, traditional advertising company. The new players come from technology and digital placement is a science dictated by equations and algorithms.

As more public companies report earnings, it certainly will be interesting to see how well they are doing with political advertising revenue. Last week, Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan said he was disappointed so far, and the report from Media Monitors each week isn't very encouraging.

The exact dollar amount was not revealed but it was big enough for NABOB to issue a press release. The release states that the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters "is very pleased to announce that the Democratic National Committee has placed an exclusive ad buy in support of the Hillary Clinton campaign with NABOB member stations." Forty stations will be part of the buy this month.

While The Home Depot (56,168 spots) and GEICO (39,708 spots) switched places on the Media Monitors chart this past week, Walmart made a huge jump from 56th to 7th by airing 20,000 commercials on radio stations all across the country.

Alpha Media's KZEN held a Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon and raised $15,887. Market Manager, Lisa Cherry said, “Behind every dark cloud is a ray of sunshine. The volunteers here at Alpha Media, Columbus, did their best to spread hope and sunshine to those needing it at the Children’s Hospital in Omaha.”

Trey Morgan is headed to Dallas/Fort Worth to co-host mornings on 99.5 The Wolf/KPLX. He will join longtime 99.5 morning co-host Lisa Taylor on the Wake Up with the Wolf morning show.