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In February, Eric Zane lost his job on the nationally syndicated Free Beer & Hot Wings Morning Show. Since he was let go, he's been doing podcasts. Zane announced Monday that Cumulus sports station WBBL has hired him for the morning slot. Cumulus had no official comment on Zane's announcement.

Dr. Ronald Hoffman’s syndicated Intelligent Medicine show airs on more than 70 stations across the country. Hoffman's podcast has now been downloaded over two million times.

Political was supposed to help bolster radio's revenue in 2016, however Media Monitors is reporting less than 2,000 spots aired ran on radio from all the presidential candidates combined over the past week.

The folks at the Research Director are hosting a webinar Thursday called "Radio and Pureplays: Keeping the Ad Dollars That Belong to Us.". The company says Internet pureplays are stealing a portion of radio’s ad dollars and more and more advertising money is being spent on digital.

PD Kevin Sherrets tells Radio Ink Kayte Christensen (pictured) is joining the morning show on Sports 1140 KHTK. Nate Goodyear is promoted from his midday shift and joins the show as well. Both join Carmichael Dave.

As of April 18, Hannah Byrom will be the new morning show co-host with Jeff Miles on Greater Media's WKLB-FM in Boston. Byrom’s morning show experience includes working at KKBF-FM in Portland, Oregon, and serving as a co-host on Westwood One’s Zach Sang and the Gang.

And that includes keeping Ronn Owens in his original timeslot (minus one hour) and not moving him to KSFO. Cumulus says the change in plans was due to "listener outcry."

The National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation has announced the winners of the 2016 Celebration of Service to America Awards. The awards recognize outstanding community service and the winners will be honored at a dinner in Washington, D.C., June 21. Cox Radio Miami won the award for individual campaigns, projects or programs, and CBS Radio in Southfield, MI, won the Service to Children award.

The Telos Alliance - parent company of 25-Seven, makers of the Voltair Watermark Monitor and Processor - has announced the release of Voltair Data Export Licenses. The company says this new feature will help broadcasters get a comprehensive minute-by-minute understanding of exactly which programming is not encoding well in PPM.

Media Services Group tells Radio Ink that High Plains Radio Network in Plainview, Texas, is buying three stations in Altus, Oklahoma -- KEYB-FM, KJOK-FM, and KKRE-FM -- from Altus FM, owned by Paul and Scott Wilmes, for $750,000.