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Rob Long, who, for the past several years had been heard from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., is joining Ed Norris as a co-host of the 6-10 a.m. morning show. Bob Haynie moves into middays with Vinny Cerrato, taking over for Long.

The duo has been signed on as the new morning show at the Alpha Media, West Palm Beach station, replacing Chelsea Taylor who will stay on and contribute to the show.

Raleigh, NC’s 99.9 The Fan is bringing back former East Carolina head football coach Steve Logan, who recently returned from a year in the NFL as Quarterbacks Coach for the San Francisco 49’ers. He’ll assume the role of NFL and College Football Insider for the 2016-17 season. Logan worked in a similar capacity with Capitol Broadcasting from 2013-2015.

Mason City, Iowa’s Globe Gazette reports that KLSS morning man Harry O (aka Harry O’Neal) is moving on to other things after 32 years in the saddle. During that time he has had thousands of listeners from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., Monday through Friday, taken part in numerous bizarre activities for North Iowa charities.

(By Wayne Ens) Radio advocate and Radio Ink Chairman Eric Rhoads once posed the question “What’s the one big thing radio needs to succeed?” Examining the success of other long-term sustainable business models, the answer becomes simple.

(By Kevin Neathery) There are two kinds of ad agencies: real agencies and local agencies. Real agencies can serve local, regional, national, even global clients. They don’t need a ranker, because they subscribe. They send an avail and negotiate rates based on audience. Then, when in agreement, they send an order and a fully produced MP3 featuring out-of-market voice talent. Covet real agencies.

The San Antonio Express-News broke the story that the new lawsuit was filed Tuesday. iHeartMedia is asking for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages over the previous dispute it had with bondholders because that case delayed plans to refinance debt and cost the company money.

We didn't get much color about radio in the CBS earnings call, we never really do. However, that might be changing as the company gets ready to spin off its radio division. And, even though the paperwork has been filed with the SEC for an IPO, all options to spin-off the radio division are still on the table.

Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker has been a big fan of Entercom for quite some time. The company's 5% second-quarter revenue growth did not change that. In fact, it only solidified her feelings about the company.