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Mike Horn

Mike Horn, Who Put Radio On Cable TV, Dead At 74

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Mike Horn, the founder of CRN Digital Talk Radio, has died at 74 after a long illness. The former Los Angeles air personality spent his career finding new places for radio to live, from local cable systems to platforms for talk hosts including Ed McMahon and Robert Conrad.
Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2026 inductees holding their awards on stage in Chicago

Radio Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of 2026 In Chicago

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From the NFL huddle to the boardroom, the Radio Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026 spans every corner of the dial. Eight honorees, including iHeartMedia’s Bob Pittman and WFAN’s Boomer Esiason, were inducted at a Chicago gala hosted by Bobby Bones.
Lainie Fertick holding an iHeartMedia microphone while presenting

iHeart Creates Chief Insights Officer Role For Fertick

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Data has a new seat at the table at iHeartMedia. Lainie Fertick, who started as an intern in 2004, becomes the company's first-ever Chief Insights Officer and joins its StratCom leadership team, a promotion that puts insights work across the entire company in her hands.
Connecticut Broadcasters Association

Hall Of Fame, CBAs Spotlight Radio’s Best in the Constitution State

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Decades of Connecticut radio history were on stage Wednesday night. Three radio figures joined the Connecticut Broadcasters Association's Hall of Fame, and the annual awards celebrated the stations and talent shaping markets large and small.
Trey Morgan Loren Raye

New York’s WCBS-FM Fills Mornings With Two Z100 Alums

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Morning drive at 101.1 WCBS-FM has its next voices. Two weeks after Race Taylor left the chair, Audacy's New York Classic Hits station is pairing a multi-market host with a former Boston morning-show talent for The Morning Show with Trey and Loren Raye.
McConnell Adams

Adams Trades Beach Time For Full-Time Alaska Role

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Part-time voice work is turning into a full-time job in Alaska for McConnell Adams, who is officially joining Last Frontier Mediactive on November 1. Adams has voice-tracked Movin' 105.7 (KMVN) in Anchorage for almost a decade.
John Hakim

John Hakim Moves From Saga Charleston Sales Chief To GM

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John Hakim is taking over as General Manager of Saga Communications' Charleston operation, moving up from Director of Sales after five years in that job. He fills the seat Paul O'Malley vacated in July when he rose to a corporate revenue role.
Rick Green

Illinois Radio Host Rick Green Dies At 74

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Rochelle, Illinois, listeners spent more than four decades hearing Rick Green read local commercials and host the weekly Trading Post. Rochelle Broadcasting Company's SuperHits 93.5 (WRHL-AM) and 102.3 The Coyote (WYOT) are mourning the radio personality, who died at 74.
Fred Vigeant

WPSU Gets A New GM As WHYY Takes Over From Penn State

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Philadelphia public media provider WHYY has picked Fred Vigeant, a Harrisburg programming executive, as General Manager of the central Pennsylvania television and radio outlet, which keeps its name and call letters after leaving Penn State.
Mary Louise Kelly

NPR’s Kelly Leaving ‘All Things Considered’

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After a quarter-century inside NPR's newsroom, Mary Louise Kelly is stepping down as host of All Things Considered. Kelly made the announcement on social media, but will continue to contribute stories after a brief break. She is also leaving the podcast Sources & Methods.

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October 5, 2026

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