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Talk Radio 680 WCBM in Baltimore announced on its website that Marr is on medical hiatus after suffering a stroke as a result of recent back surgery. Marr has been in Baltimore radio since 1967, and has been with WCBM since 1988.

Last week, the CMG Long Island station parted ways with morning hosts Dana and Jayson. On Tuesday, the station announced their replacement would be The Cooper Lawrence Show, featuring Cooper Lawrence and Anthony Michaels.

Cumulus has signed Shannon Burke to host a new 9 a.m.-Noon talk show on NewsRadio 106.7/WYAY-FM in Atlanta. Burke was the audience favorite in NewsRadio 106.7’s three weeks of auditions for the slot at the station.

The station was recently flipped from Sports to Hip Hop, and Scott Kunnath has been named the new Sales Manager of the Detroit station. Kunnath coomes over from Radio One in Detroit where he was D.O.S. for the past eight years.

Joe "Pags" Pagliarulo is a happy man today with the news that the Joe Pags Show will continue to be distributed exclusively through Compass Media Networks into the next decade.

New Country 92.3 WIL in St. Louis has beefed up its on-air roster. Kelly Rebal has been named the new Producer of WIL’s Bud and Broadway morning show, effective July 5. And Josh Holleman has been named the new evening personality, 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. He is scheduled to start on July 20.

WZGC SportsRadio 92-9 The Game has added to its Atlanta Falcons pregame coverage by bringing in veteran broadcaster Ryan Cameron as co-host with Mike Conti. Pregame coverage begins August 11, for every Falcons preseason and regular season game.

That's according to SNL Kagan. The media research group said that was the lowest quarterly deal volume in 34 years for radio. The second quarter's largest radio deal was the $5.9 million sale of four FM stations in Florida’s Ft. Walton Beach market from Apex Media Corporation to Community Broadcasters. The last quarter without at least one radio transaction worth $10.0 million or more was the second quarter of 2010.

Each year, four women in the radio industry are selected for the MIW Radio Group Mentoring Program. Applicants must have five years of radio experience to even be considered. These four broadcasters are given the chance of a lifetime: to be mentored by some of the most successful women in radio. Today we feature an interview with Stephanie Sabota who is the general sales manager for Cox Media Group in Tampa.

CNBC reports radio's biggest advertising category in on track to have its best June in more than a decade. Total vehicle sales came in at 16.7 million at a seasonally adjusted annual rate in June, versus a 17.5 million rate in May. Ford's U.S. sales rose 6.4 percent to 240,109 vehicles in June. J.D. Power and LMC Automotive expects U.S. light vehicle sales for June to rise 5 percent to 1.55 million.