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John Sykes, President of Entertainment Enterprises for iHeartMedia, was honored at the Kristen Ann Carr Fund’s 2022 “A Night to Remember”. The event in New York City raised more than $1million for the fund.

KKFN-FM in Denver has signed recently retired Bronco Derek Wolfe as an afternoon co-host. The defensive lineman will team with Darren "DMac" McKee on "The Drive with Derek Wolfe and DMac.”

There's a new morning show lineup at WGFX-FM in Nashville. TV Sports Anchor Kayla and local sports broadcaster Will Boling will join recently retired NFL lineman Ramon Foster as co-hosts of 104.5 The Zone morning show.

Voiceworks Sport has welcomed three new key appointments to its senior leadership team. The additions include Michael Holt as Director of Commercial Partnerships, Stefan Doyle as Head of Sport Social and Richard Herrick as Sport Partnerships Director.

Respected media business reporter Sara Fischer of Axios is gaining attention of her own for a "scoop" posted Tuesday morning to the digital media news organization's website — Audacy Corp. has, according to Fischer, hired bankers to explore the sale of Cadence13, its podcasting arm.

PodcastOne has added a quartet of programs to its roster. The programs feature World Series Champion Nick Swisher, NBA Champion Bobby Portis and retired NFL Running Back Chris Howard, and Hammered Heroes hosted by Brendan Fitzgibbons and Sophie Santos.

Former Madison, WI radio host Matthew Jones DJ will serve 3 years in prison, and 3 years of supervision, for one charge of possession of child pornography. 9 other charges against him were dismissed.

The Alliance for Women in Media will honor seven women at the Gracies Leadership Awards on Monday, November 14th at Tribeca 360 in New York, New York. The event provides an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the significant impact women have made in the media industry.

The Museum of Broadcast Communications announced today the selection of 10 new Legends inductees into the Radio Hall of Fame to recognize the talents of air personalities, programmers and operators from the radio industry who have passed away.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America is providing emergency aid to qualifying broadcasters who have been personally impacted by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian. Checks are being sent out this week.