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Sun Broadcast Group announced Thursday that it will present a special commercial free, three-hour 4th of July edition of its new weekend retro-mix show. The ‘80s Mix, is a weekly unhosted program that features exclusive mixes and mash-ups of hits from Prince, Madonna, Michael Jackson, and more.

Compass Media Networks is offering a 4th of July special, America’s Birthday Party, hosted by Stoney Creek Records’ Thompson Square along with Silverfish Media’s Carsen, host of Country with Carsen.

WeWork is a shared office company with about 90 locations and 60,000 members all over the world. The new partnership has iHeart creating live stations for the company, along with targeted podcast content and a new studio which was built at the WeWork New York City heardquarters for interviews, events, and performances.

Both sides put a nice happy spin on the situation but the Hubbard hire of Dan McNeil at WDRV in Chicago was short-lived and contentious along the way.

In May, and for the third consecutive month, ESPN Audio broke its record for the number of podcast impressions – 41.2 million, an increase of 35% over the previous May (30.7 million), and breaks the records set in March (38.9 million) and in April (39.0). Who did listeners download the most? Let's find out...

Capitol Broadcasting Radio has something new for sports fans: streaming video of its North Carolina sports shows. Ten hours of daily program delivered via website and app.

He's the Senior VP and GM of Greater Media Interactive, a role he's occupied since 2007, and he says he'll be retiring at the end of this month. Before going digital, Tom Bender was Regional GM for Greater Media’s Detroit cluster since 1986, where he was responsible for creating one of the first Classic Rock stations in America, WCSX-FM, and a whole lot more.

This could be a sign of things to come for radio stations that have used text messaging to contact their "loyal listeners" without getting the proper permission or understanding the rules.

Ever get tired of hearing people bash radio and its migration of listeners to digital. Here's something that might cheer you up a bit. MediaPost has the details from Moffett Nathanson Research, using Nielsen analysis, which said the networks experienced a 5% decline in the 2015-2016 TV season. (Picture courtesy MediaPost.)

iHeartMedia’s Jeff Stevens has been moved up to Senior VP Programming in Dayton. iHeart has six FMs and two AMs in the Dayton market. Stevens was PD and morning show personality for Mix 107.7 in Dayton and has been with iHeart/Clear Channel for 22 years.