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Benztown will syndicate Nessa (pictured), who hosts afternoon drive on Hot-97/WQHT-FM in New York City. She's also a host on MTV and MTV2. The new radio show is a five-hour Monday through Friday show produced for CHR, Rhythmic CHR and Urban stations and designed to air in any day part.

Glenn Beck's interview with fiction writer Brad Thor (pictured) about Donald Trump has lead to the conservative talker having his show pulled, at least temporarily, from SiriusXM's Patriot Channel.

Syndicted radio host Glenn Beck was splashed all over the national news Tuesday after SiriusXM suspended his show for the rest of the week. With Beck on vacation, the show's GM Dom Theodore issued a statement on his behalf. Theodore says Beck will be back on SiriusXM Monday morning when he'll address the issue. He also says Beck has never advocated violence and this entire incident is a "viral hatchet job." Premiere has no plans to suspend Beck from his radio show. Here's more from Theodore...

After an ugly breakup with the old Cumulus regime, the Paul Finebaum Show launched on ESPN Radio August 12, 2013. Beginning August 12 of this year, ESPN Radio will syndicate the show, making it available to radio stations all over the country.

As many recent studies have indicated, podcast listening is on the rise. However, according to new research from Bridge Ratings President Dave Van Dyke, advertisers, even though they are spending more money on podcasts, want to see better measurement.

Dave Numme will program KVRQ for Hubbard in Seattle. The station flipped its Modern Music format to Rock back in March and launched with 12,000 songs in a row.

Of course the Home Depot was radio's number one advertiser, according to the latest Media Monitors chart. The home improvement big box aired over 62,000 commercials on radio stations all across the country. Macy's moved up from 15th to 2nd, airing 34,624 commercials. Rounding out the top five were GEICO with 34,525 spots, the United States Department of Transportation with 32,992, and Lowe's moving into the top five from 11th with 30,635.

SportsRadio 610 has shuffled around its on-air lineup. That includes adding former NFLer Dante Hall (pictured in the middle) joining the station to team up with John Lopez and Cody Stoots in the midday slot. Mad Radio, featuring Seth Payne and Mike Meltser, which was in the midday slot, will now be on during morning drive. Here's a look at the new lineup for KILT-AM - Sports Radio 610...

FOX Sports 980 in Albany, NY, is also shuffling around its sports talk lineup. The Tred Show with local host Tred Hulse (pictured), slides into afternoon drive, pushing the Jay Mohr Show into the 6 to 9 slot. After previously being delayed an hour, the Dan Patrick Show will now broadcast live from 9 a.m. to Noon, and Colin Cowherd is added to the station from Noon to 3.