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iIt's called The BIG Legend at 98.3, according to Senior VP of Programming for iHeart Nashville and iHeartCountry’s Brand Manager Rod Phillips and it kicked off Friday commercial free.

Syndicated host Joe "Pags" Pagliarulo announced on Friday that his 16-year old daughter had gone missing. On Saturday morning, he said that the search was over.

The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Jim Pruett has died. He was 72. Pruett was half of the legendary Stevens & Pruett show on Houston’s former Rock 101 KLOL. Mark Stevens died in 2011.

San Francisco’s KBLX-FM 102.9 has a new afternoon drive jock. Antoine Davis will move from his current position as evening host to 3-7 p.m. PT effective immediately. Davis has been on air with the station for over 12 years.

In our continuing series on how to make money selling digital, we head south to the sunshine state. Georgia Beasley was promoted to digital sales director for Beasley Media Group’s Southwest Florida market back in February. Her background and experience make her the perfect person to turn to on day three of our series.

AdWeek has the details about the continuing rise in popularity of Podcasting stating 21% of Americans age 12 or older say they have listened to a podcast in the past month, a 17 percent increase in the last year and a 75 percent increase since 2013.

And, as a result, the New York State Broadcasters Association has filed an amicus brief with the NY State Court of Appeals in the Flo and Eddie vs. Sirius XM case. NYSBA President David Donovan says, “There is no right to a performance fee for recorded music under New York State Law.”

Erik Diehn has been named Chief Executive officer of the podcast production, advertising, and distribution company, while Lex Friedman assumes the new post of chief revenue officer, broadening his role from executive vice president of sales and development.

Entravision recently teamed up with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals for its ninth annual radiothon, under the theme of “Un Million Para Los Niños” (One Million for the Children). The result was a record-breaking $3 million raised.

Baldwin, who was Executive Vice President of Hall Communications, passed away after a six-year battle with cancer. He was 73 years. Baldwin joined Hall in 1974 and was still employed by the company at the time of his death.