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Longtime KKUS personality and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Tom Perryman is to be honored with a new exhibit at the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage, Texas, opening August 12. It will feature memorabilia from Perryman’s almost seven decades in radio.

Bill Cate of Media Services Group fills us in on Monte Spearman’s latest deal. Spearman owns High Plains Radio Network and he's adding two more Arkansas signals to his growing portfolio of small-market stations. Arkansas broadcasters Jim and Nancy Howe are selling the stations for $475,000. These are the only two stations they owned.

This is a follow-up to a story we've been following since June when it was announced that syndicated host Kane (Peter Deibler) was arrested and accused of second-degree assault by his wife, who he's in a nasty divorce battle with.

Robert Davi is taking over Jerry Doyle's syndicated radio slot at TRN Enterprises. Doyle passed away unexpectedly at the age of 60 last month.

The NAB Marconi Radio Awards dinner is Thursday night, September 22, at the Radio Show in Nashville. Thanks to the Big Machine Record Label, Jennifer Nettles will be performing during the event.

Audio network TuneIn is partnering with Red Bull Music Academy to bring its newly relaunched streaming platform, RBMA Radio, to TuneIn’s millions of monthly active users. Beginning Thursday, TuneIn users in the U.S. and Canada have access to RBMA Radio, a 24/7 station with programming from six continents.

The New York Post’s Michael Riedel is renowned for his theater column, but now he’ll have his own place on the airwaves. On the Town with Michael Riedel, will air each Saturday, 9-10 a.m. on NYC-based AM970 The Answer.

WUSN in Chicago has filled the morning slot vacated by Ramblin’ Ray Stevens (who left for WLS-AM) and Lisa Dent (who was fired). Stylz & Roman (pictured) will take over mornings as of September 6. For the past 12 years the duo has been on CBS Radio’s B96 in Chicago.

Listeners of Greater Media's WMMR in Philadelphia can now find the station's new mobile app in the Apple CarPlay ecosystem.