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The announcement was made Monday that 20-year media vet Dan Dibley will co-host weekday mornings, 6-10 a.m., at 97.5 The GAME (KGMZ-FM), with Joe Fortenbaugh and NFL veteran Lorenzo Neal.

Last week, we reported that ESPN continues have record setting download months from its 40-plus shows. On Monday, the sports network released more details, including the specific shows consumers were downloading the most. Many were original programs, not rebroadcasts of other shows.

Veteran Active Rock personality and programmer Madd Maxx Hammer will retire at the end of this year. His career began in 1976 at KIBS in Bishop, CA.

Media Monitors reports that in the last 10 days the Democratic candidate for President dropped over 15,500 spots on radio stations in the 85 major markets it monitors. Gary Johnson ran 1,827 spots, down from 12,171. The Donald Trump campaign only bought two spots.

In a week that saw Geico hold its lead as radio's biggest advertiser (38,647 spots), according to Media Monitors, Burger King leapt from #17 all the way to number two with 26,585 commercials aired. Close rival McDonald's was #3.

Intelligence For Your Life with John Tesh, Connie Sellecca, and Gib Gerard has renewed its partnership with Westwood One in a new multi-year agreement. Westwood One has represented the program for 15 years. The show airs on over 280 radio stations.

And it's not the iHeartRadio Music Festival party we're referring to. KPLV-FM's Party format is history. iHeart flipped the station from a Top 40 format called "The Party" to an Adult Hits format called "The Mountain." The new format will feature songs from the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s.

Nick Bartle joins Pandora as Chief Marketing Officer. Bartle comes to Pandora from LinkedIn, where he served as Vice President of Member Marketing and Communications for the last year.

Douglas has been at RCS for 16-years and will retire on December 31, 2016. When asked what he will do in retirement, Douglas said, “Write books without an alarm clock.” His latest book If God Could Talk is available on Amazon.com.

Reuters is reporting that CBS Radio, which the CBS mothership is planning to shed, is preparing to take on $1.5 billion in debt ahead of its IPO and use the proceeds to pay CBS Corp. Reuters reports that CBS's debt offering will be split between bonds and loans, and could happen this year.