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The Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group has named 20-year radio vet Angie Martinez its 2016 MIW Airblazer. Last year, the MIW Radio Group formed an alliance with Talentmaster's Morning Show Boot Camp to establish the award, which is given to an on-air personality.

Each week, Pandora "musicologists" will handpick music recently released for each New Music Station from a blend of emerging, underground, and well-known artists across all formats, including Pop, Country, Hip Hop, Dance, and others.

An update to the story we told you about early on Wednesday. Jim Turner, who hosts a two-hour afternoon talk show on Salem's WBZW in Orlando, has been suspended for a Facebook post that implied that the media should not cover the Pulse nightclub shooting victims sympathetically because of their sexual orientation.

Cox Media Group Orlando’s K92.3FM (WWKA) along with Channel 9, WRDQ-TV27 and the CFE Arena will host a benefit concert next Tuesday. K92.3 will feature musical guests Maddie & Tae, Tyler Farr, Canaan Smith and Michael Ray. Proceeds from tickets ($20.00) and parking will go to the City of Orlando’s OneOrlando Fund benefiting those effected by the terror attack at Pulse nightclub.

Congratulations to Neuhoff Media CEO Beth Neuhoff for taking home the 2016 Vincent T. Wasilewski Broadcaster of the Year award from the Illinois Broadcasters Association last night. Neuhoff was on hand to accept the award as members of her team cheered her on. The event, which included a "Training Camp" for radio and digital media sellers was held in Champaign.

It's a multi-year partnership with Loyal Ears Digital which will now allow Westwood to offer free fantasy sports and entertainment games to stations for their websites. Westwood reminds us that these games are 100% legal and bring "all the excitement that comes with fantasy gaming." There will be local and national winners every week and client branding opportunities.

According to new data released Tuesday by Nielsen, the summer months are shining bright for the Classic Hits format. The ratings firm says the format has experienced the most listener growth over the past two summers and is off to a strong start this summer. Here are the details.

United Stations Radio Networks and the Tom Kent Radio Network have signed a new multi-year sales and programming agreement. Without getting specific, the two sides sent out a joint release that said, "Through the end of this decade, and well beyond, USRN will be the exclusive sales representative for TKRN." USRN has represented Kent for the past five years.

Despite the outcry that the FCC was overreaching and swaying to political winds with its net neutrality rules, a court has sided with the Commission, and given Chairman Tom Wheeler a big win, upholding the FCC's net neutrality regulations.

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai said he was "deeply disappointed" by the D.C. Circuit’s 2-1 decision upholding the FCC’s Internet regulations. "I continue to believe that these regulations are unlawful, and I hope that the parties challenging them will continue the legal fight. Pai says the regulations are unnecessary and counterproductive."