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Happy Friday! This week’s Blast From The Past comes from Ian Kranitz, featuring student-run WHSJ-FM in Southfield, MI. Send your Blast From The Past to Editor-in-Chief Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.

After more than four decades in broadcasting, the Senior Vice President for Connoisseur Media has announced her retirement, concluding a career that included roles at the former Alpha Media. 

He's returning to State College, Pa., where he previously served as a Market Manager in two locales for Seven Mountains Media. Now, he's the Vice President of Sales for Sticks Media, a role that will see Joe Wowk oversee client partnerships and sales operations across the small radio ownership group's properties. 

If you enjoy Los Cachorros de Chicago and listening to Cubs games en español, streaming audio and an FM radio with an HD Radio tuner is in order, as TelevisaUnivision has inked an agreement with the Major League Baseball team that brings the club back to the company's station group in market No. 3.

The FCC has ordered the owner of Spanish-language religious radio stations to pay its overdue regulatory fee bill or face a license revocation for an FM radio station purchased nine years ago — placing it in similar status with seven other facilities that no longer exist which also have an outstanding bill to the Commission.

When the team was known as the Florida Marlins and played its inaugural season at Joe Robbie Stadium, WQAM-AM served as its on-air home. Now, the team is once again poised to put its play-by-play on not only that signal, but on the home of what was once "104.3 The Ticket" in the Entercom era.

The biggest owner of broadcast stations will “provide a unified national audio experience,” from July 3-4, “connecting celebrations from coast to coast through one shared soundtrack.” Selecting iHeartMedia means its 800-plus radio stations make it a perfect reach vehicle for America250, as it is the largest single owner of broadcast radio properties in the U.S.

The Q Morning Crew will debut on Cumulus Media's Contemporary Hit Radio-formatted WWWQ "Q99.7" — filling the programming chasm left when The Bert Show concluded its 25-year run last October. 

Many teams either ignore competitors or pay attention only when the ratings come out. But when done intentionally, competitive analysis can sharpen a show in several important ways, notes veteran programming consultant Randy Lane in his freshly written column.

He'll lead and oversee KHCB’s technical operations, including engineering, broadcast infrastructure, and information technology systems. He brings over two decades of broadcasting and digital infrastructure experience, with expertise in satellite and IP radio systems, to his new role.