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Burger King had a big week of spending ad dollars on radio, according to Media Monitors. Last week the burger chain ran 29,366 commercials on radio stations all across the country, good for third on the Media Monitors chart.

The benefit is to support the police officers of Portland and southwest Washington. Called 98.7 The Bull Evening for Law Enforcement, the benefit will be held at the Skype Live Studio on July 21, and feature a performance from this year’s American Idol winner, Trent Harmon, along with several other surprise celebrity cameos.

The syndicated morning show will now be heard on STAR 107-9/KVGS-FM in Vegas. Current morning host Aimee will stay on and provide hourly local content for the show. Brooke & Jubal are also heard in Seattle, San Antonio, and Portland. The show is produced by Hubbard and has been distributed by Premiere since March.

The iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina returns to the American Airlines Arena in Miami on Saturday, November 5. This is the third annual “mega-concert” celebrating the best in Latin music.

Ashley “AC” Trybula is taking on the role as Digital Program Director for iHeartMedia's Chicago cluster, which includes 107.5 WGCI, V103, 103.5 KISS-FM, 93.9 MYfm, BIG 95.5, and Inspiration 1390 AM.

Premiere's FOX Sports Radio says The Herd with Colin Cowherd is now broadcasting on over 100 affiliates. Cowherd's newest stations and markets include: WINZ-AM in Miami, KHHO-AM in Seattle, KGME-AM in Phoenix, and KLSD-AM in San Diego. After leaving middays at ESPN, The Herd launched on FOX Sports Radio, iHeartRadio, and FS1 in September 2015.

The University of Houston has closed on the sale of KUHA-FM in Houston, which is a 50,000 watter in the nation's sixth largest market. The KSBJ Educational Foundation is picking up the station for $10 million.

The Baltimore Sun has the details of Marr's funeral which was held on Friday. Marr started his radio career at WFBR-AM in 1967. He also broadcast Baltimore Orioles games. He started working at WCBM in 1988 and became a recognized conservative talker. He was still working at WCBM when he died of a stroke, at the age of 73, after undergoing back surgery.

Former WHNN Saginaw hosts Johnny Burke and Blondie are allowed to keep their online show after a federal judge ruled in their case. U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington said the internet show the two former Cumulus employees are now hosting is not a radio station, as defined by their non-competes, and the show can continue. There were a few stipulations though.

It's the 4th annual Radio Talent Institute at Western Kentucky University. 35 broadcasters begin ten days of preparing young talent who want a career in radio.