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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.

And its on the campus of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania with opening comments from Kerby Confer. All ten days of the Institute are on campus, except for one day in Philadelphia at the CBS Radio studios, where sessions will be taught by Play-by-Play Announcers Merrill Reese of the Philadelphia Eagles, Marc Zumoff from the 76ers and Jim Jackson from the NHL Flyers.

The 73 year old host of "A Prarie Home Companion" taped his final show Friday and it aired Saturday. He's been hosting the show ever since he created it 42 years ago. President Obama was his final guest. Keillor has suffered two seizures in the past year. He'll remain an executive producer of the show when Chris Thile becomes host in October.

The Tom Joyner Morning Show will be back on CMG's STAR 94.5 starting Monday, July 11. Joyner was on STAR 94.5 for years until 2014 when the station decided to flip to Steve Harvey.

Last week, Greater Media announced it was dumping its sports station in Detroit after a three year run. On Friday the station officially became the "All New 105.1 The Bounce… Detroit’s Throwback Hip Hop and R&B."