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Michael Saunders will serve as PD for 93.7 The Beat KQBT-FM in Houston as well as Urban Brand Coordinator for iHeartMedia’s National Programming Group.

It sounds like something out of Seinfeld but it was no joke for KLPX radio personality Sherm the Producer. KVOA TV in Tuscon is reporting that Sherm (real name Rick Berg), who works at KLPX in Tuscon, was robbed while delivering pizza Wednesday afternoon, which he does to make ends meet.

MetroNews.com is reporting the passing of the veteran West Virginia broadcaster this week. Shahan died Thursday evening at the Hospice Unit of Thomas Memorial Hospital. He had battled esophageal cancer for nearly a year. He was 55.

102.9 The Whale and The Talk of Connecticut (1360 WDRC, 1420 WMMW, 1240 WWCO, 610 WSNG) had a record-breaking radiothon, Thursday, raising $145,000 for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

ABC in Tampa has the details about Bubba The Love Sponge attorneys Stephen Diaco, Adam Filthaut, and Robert Adams. The Florida Supreme Court has permanently disbarred Filthaut and Adams in the Bubba vs. Todd Schnitt case.

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai was one of the two dissenting votes (see next story) in the FCC's Media Ownership Rules decision that was officially filed Thursday. Pai says that the Commission failed to reassess its media ownership regulations every four years and dispose of outdated rules, as instructed by Congress.

And Commissioner Michael O'Rielly lays the blame for keeping the Media Ownership Rules much like they've been since the 90s right at the feet of FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler.

It's no secret that the NAB was pushing for changes to be made to the Media Ownership Rules, so it should come as no surprise that the organization is pretty upset now that the FCC has made it official that there will be no changes.

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The Golden State Warriors and Entercom’s 95.7 The Game (KGMZ-FM) in San Francisco have inked a new multi-year deal making the station the new flagship of the Warriors. The Warriors flagship station for each of the last 32 seasons, and for 40 seasons overall since the team moved to the West Coast in 1962, had been KNBR 680 AM.