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The Radio Show is around the corner and Chairman and CEO of DTS Jon Kirchner has been announced as the guest who will appear in a conversation with NAB CEO Gordon Smith at the Radio luncheon, Wednesday, September 21. The duo will be discussing the future of the radio industry and its overall global and local impact. DTS purchased HD Radio in September of 2015 for $172 million.

Broker George Reed of Media Services Group fills us in on the details. WVJT LLC is purchasing WVMP-FM in Roanoke, VA, from Community Media Group.

WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and 98 ROCK in Baltimore​, with support from WBAL-TV and the Baltimore Ravens, raised close to $20,000 for victims of last weekend's flood in Ellicott City, MD.

Alpha Louisville's WMJM, WGZB, and WGHL held their 2nd Annual Stuff the Bus event at a Walmart and Outlet Shoppes where supplies were collected for the upcoming Supply a Dream Back to School Block Party. Last Year over 2,000 individuals attended the celebration.

The collective of seven regional stations will chalk up their ninth radiothon in support of the Children’s Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, August 4-5, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. They’ll be partnering with the Greenville Health System for the event. The radiothon will be broadcast live on all seven Entercom Upstate stations.

Well-known Chicago radio personality "Ramblin" Ray Stevens will join John Howell on the WLS-AM morning show starting Monday. Stevens and Howell worked together for several years at Country outlet US99.5 in Chicago.

The Chicagoland Radio & Media Blog has the details about the firing of the Hall-of-Famer. The story includes the statement from the station: "US99.5 wishes Ramblin' Ray Stevens and Lisa Dent all the best. There are exciting plans in the works that will keep Chicago waking up every day with the most popular Country music station in the market."

iHeartMedia's Mix 100.7 in Tampa and Alpha's G96.7 in Biloxi have added the newly syndicated morning show Brooke & Jubal to their weekday morning lineups.

Joining the WGN football team is former coach and Chicago Bears safety Doug Plank. He’ll be working as an analyst on The Download with Justin Kaufmann every Monday night beginning this August 8. The other NFL alumni contributors are Hall of Famer Dan Hampton, and former Chicago Bears Ed O’Bradovich and Glen Kozlowski.

In only his second year on our list, CBS Radio President Andre Fernandez moves up to the number two slot (from 5th) to take over as the second most powerful person in the entire radio industry. Here are the reasons why...