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Amanda Allwood is the new Promotions Director for Cox Media Group Atlanta Radio. Her first day in the role will be Monday, June 27. Allwood will oversee promotions and event marketing for B98.5, 97.1 The River, Kiss 104.1 FM, and News 95.5 FM, and AM 750 WSB.

In the Fort Myers, Naples, Marco Island market, Beasley launches "WJBX News Talk and More" on two FM translators, 104.3 FM, 101.5 FM, and on 770 AM. The new station will carry This Morning, America’s First News with Gordon Deal, followed by Kilmeade & Friends, John Gibson, Dave Ramsey, Tom Sullivan, and Alan Colmes. CBS News will be heard at the top of every hour.

The company announced Thursday it intends to offer its affiliates a new format. The “Lite AC” 24-hour format, will be fully hosted and feature a wide range of music from the 70s through today. The satellite-delivered format will launch on Monday, July 11.

Tuesday was a big day fot WTOP as it was honored in seven out of eight categories at the DC Society of Professional Journalists Dateline Awards. The staff were recognized for their coverage of the Metro smoke incident (Breaking News category) and the visit of Pope Francis (Non-Breaking News category).

The Afternoon Rush with Rudy Rush, Ebony Steele, and Loni Swain will debut Monday from American Urban Radio Networks. The show officially replaces the Doug Banks Radio Show which AURN syndicated in the 3-7 p.m. slot. Banks passed away in April at the age of 57.

Greater Media's WLNK-FM in Charlotte captured some serious recognition. The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters has just named “The Link” its 2016 Large Market Radio Station of the Year Award at the organization’s annual convention.

That’s the Missouri Broadcasters Association, which held its 2016 Awards Banquet on Saturday, June 11. And Alpha took home a big share of the...

The all time leading Saints rusher and Saints Hall of Fame inductee will be the color analyst for Saints game radio broadcasts beginning this season. McAllister joins WWL play by play announcer Jim Henderson on WWL's Saints Radio Network and takes over for Hokie Gajan who passed away.

(By John Garziglia) The observation that “It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission” is attributed to early computer programmer Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992). (Hopper developed the first compiler for a computer programming language). The FCC’s Audio Division, however, fails to agree.

He's been with CMG for 11 years now, almost four with Susan Larkin's cluster of stations in Orlando. Joe Kelley is the News Director and morning show host at WDBO, Orlando's news and talk station. When a terrorist killed 49 innocent people in an Orlando nightclub, there were no doubt thousands and thousands of people who immediately tuned their radio to WDBO.