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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...

When he opened his show Tuesday, Rush took a few minutes to address his new contract with iHeartMedia and Premiere. He told his audience how long his next contract would be and why he decided to stay in radio.

As his contact was set to expire this year, Rush Limbaugh has renewed his partnership with iHeartMedia and Premiere. iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman said, “As Rush celebrates his 28th anniversary in national syndication, his commitment to broadcasting excellence has never been more evident. The Rush Limbaugh Show is stronger than ever."

And for that reason, Mark Thompson is out at Classic Rocker KSWD in L.A. Thompson of "Mark and Brian" in the morning fame announced yesterday he was leaving his latest job, co-host on Entercom's KSWD in Los Angeles. Here's what The OC Register reported...

Radio's most important category, automotive, saw a drop in sales in July that has some worried the industry is entering a sustained plateau.

There’s been a battle going on out in San Francisco involving union employees at KNBR and Cumulus. The employees have been the only side taking that battle to the public with press conferences. Until now that is.