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Gantt will hold shifts on both KHQT (Hot 103) and KSNM (Classic Hits 98.7). A North Carolina native, Stacy "Carolina" Gantt is also a graduate of the Charlotte, NC, campus of Connecticut School of Broadcasting. Her first radio job was an intern on the Ace & TJ Show on WNKS.

Trekkies are in for a treat. CBS RADIO, CBS Local Digital Media, and CBS Consumer Products announced, Wednesday, the launch of “Engage: The OFFICIAL Star Trek Podcast,” which will be exclusively hosted on the podcast platform Play.it.

Mike Tyler, owner of Broadcast Affiliate Sales and partner in Fishnet Syndication, has been hired by BizTalkRadio to head up affiliate relations. Tyler was most recently VP at TKO Radio Networks, which he and his Partner Kent Jones purchased. Mike was also VP of Rejoice Radio Networks before becoming a Partner in Fishnet Syndication. Tyler has also served on the NAB's Board of Directors.

The former WRQN-FM Toledo PD is joining the Tom Kent Radio Network. He is moving into affiliate sales handling AC and Country products. Elliott has also had stops at South Central Media in Evansville, IN, and Northern Broadcast Group in Traverse City. He was also Chief Marketing Consultant of Radio One 2 One in Indianapolis.

WPLJ in New York hosted its 2nd Annual Apple-A-Day iPad Party at the WPLJ studios last Saturday. Twenty children with cancer were presented with new iPads. 95.5 WPLJ morning show co-host Jayde Donovan launched the Apple-A-Day non-profit organization and laptop giveaway in 2001, in memory of her friend Brittany, who passed away from bone cancer.

Westwood One is will celebrate Independence Day with a four-hour holiday music special, Celebrate the USA with Maddie & Tae. The all-star birthday party will feature music from Country all-stars Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood, and Florida Georgia Line.

The Washington Examiner has the details from the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who said the reason Republican base voters have unrealistic expectations is because of talk radio. And when politicians say talk radio, that usually means Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck and other Conservative talkers.

Steve Lehman, the founder and CEO of Premiere Networks, and chairman of multiplatform media company Business Rockstars, is joining a company called Creatv Media. The new firm is being launched by Peter Csathy. According to Variety, Creatv’s investments will be focused on seed-stage rounds in emerging technology and the digital media space.

Media Monitors reports Hillary Clinton’s campaign ran a paltry 445 spots as her campaign to win the primary crossed the finish line. Even more alarming for radio was that Bernie Sanders For President aired only 170 spots, while Donald Trump’s campaign bought a measly two radio ads. No Super PAC or campaign ran negative or “against” ads on radio in the last 10 days. The Media Monitors data is from 82 major markets from May 27 to June 5, 2016.

How much should your clients trust their advertising agencies. Well, according to a new report, not much. On Tuesday, The Association of National Advertisers released a very damaging 58-page report that hits advertising agencies hard in how they conduct business and look upon their clients.