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Star 94.1 FM (KMYI), San Diego, Best Variety, announced Monday that Shelley Wade has been named its new afternoon host, broadcasting weekdays from 2 to 4 p.m., and providing entertainment features and updates from 4 to 8 p.m., beginning May 31, 2016.

Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett has a new podcast called Walking the Floor, which debuted on PodcastOne Monday with an interview with country singer Dierks Bentley. A new episode of Walking the Floor will come out every other Monday.

Voting for the 2016 National Radio Hall of Fame Inductees is now underway. The 24 nominations in six categories were determined by the organization’s nominating committee. Inductees will be announced July 11. The induction ceremony will be held Thursday, November 17, at the Museum of Broadcast and Communications in downtown Chicago. Here are the 2016 nominees...

The New York Mets’ radio flagship, 710 WOR-AM/New York, announced Monday that it will re-air the entire radio broadcast of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series between the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox, as a prelude to a Memorial Day weekend-long tribute at Citi Field to the 1986 Championship team.

On July 6, the Academy of Podcasters will hold their Awards & Hall of Fame Ceremony in Chicago. The Academy has just released the list of nominees. The top 10 nominees have been selected in the following categories: Arts, Business, Comedy, Education, Fiction, Food, Games & Hobbies, Health, History, Kids & Family, Music, News & Politics, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture, Sports & Recreation, Technology, and TV & Film.

Best known for her roles in films like Basic Instinct and Casino, Stone also has an impressive track record in raising awareness and support for AIDS research, prevention, and treatment.

The San Antonio Express-News reports that Jon Belk of Franklin Advisers, Inc., investment adviser to certain iHeartMedia bondholders, was completely blindsided when he heard of the December 3rd transfer of Clear Channel Outdoor shares.

When CBS corporate reports its quarterly earnings, radio is but a blip on the company TV screen. That will obviously change if the radio division is spun off, which some are predicting will happen early next year. Because CEO Les Moonves hardly pays attention to radio in his quarterly report, it's impossible to ever know what the CBS Radio revenue is. It's reported as part of "local broadcast," which includes TV. Variety columnist Jan Dawson thinks he figured out the radio numbers.

The presumptive Republican nominee for President, Donald Trump reached out to WTMJ Milwaukee host Charlie Sykes last week in an attempt to move him into his camp and gain his vote. Sykes was an early member of the #NeverTrump campaign.