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Tuesday was a big day fot WTOP as it was honored in seven out of eight categories at the DC Society of Professional Journalists Dateline Awards. The staff were recognized for their coverage of the Metro smoke incident (Breaking News category) and the visit of Pope Francis (Non-Breaking News category).

The Afternoon Rush with Rudy Rush, Ebony Steele, and Loni Swain will debut Monday from American Urban Radio Networks. The show officially replaces the Doug Banks Radio Show which AURN syndicated in the 3-7 p.m. slot. Banks passed away in April at the age of 57.

Greater Media's WLNK-FM in Charlotte captured some serious recognition. The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters has just named “The Link” its 2016 Large Market Radio Station of the Year Award at the organization’s annual convention.

That’s the Missouri Broadcasters Association, which held its 2016 Awards Banquet on Saturday, June 11. And Alpha took home a big share of the...

The all time leading Saints rusher and Saints Hall of Fame inductee will be the color analyst for Saints game radio broadcasts beginning this season. McAllister joins WWL play by play announcer Jim Henderson on WWL's Saints Radio Network and takes over for Hokie Gajan who passed away.

(By John Garziglia) The observation that “It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission” is attributed to early computer programmer Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992). (Hopper developed the first compiler for a computer programming language). The FCC’s Audio Division, however, fails to agree.

Comedian/actor Bill Engvall is bringing his humor to PodcastOne. His My Two Cents with Bill Engvall podcast will land every Wednesday. Along with the gags, Engvall will have celebrity interviews, personal stories, and his “two cents” on current events. He’ll fly solo for the first two shows.

Columbus radio personality Patrick Valére McGinness — known across the Columbus airwaves simply as Val — was pronounced dead late Wednesday morning at his north Columbus apartment. According to the Ledger-Enquirer he was 67 and died of natural causes.

The Idaho Statesman reports that longtime Boise radio personality Mike Kasper will be off air for at least several weeks, following surgery and other treatment for prostate cancer. Kasper, who has been in local radio for about three decades, is a host of the Mix Morning Show on MIX 106, which is owned by Townsquare.

BLU Products is an American mobile phone manufacturer founded in 2009 that offers affordable pre-paid devices. The company sent out software updates on two legacy smartphones making NextRadio the native FM tuner in the Vivo 5 and Vivo XL.