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WHO's Dan Robbins posted the sad news on his Facebook page. According to Robbins, Pannier passed away after she suffered a tragic at-home accident where she fell and hit her head.

The Chicagoland Radio & Media Blog has the details about the firing of the Hall-of-Famer. The story includes the statement from the station: "US99.5 wishes Ramblin' Ray Stevens and Lisa Dent all the best. There are exciting plans in the works that will keep Chicago waking up every day with the most popular Country music station in the market."

The Sherman & Tingle Show with Brian Sherman and Steve Tingle will debut October 31 on Hubbard Radio's Rocker WDRV-FM in Chicago. They replace The Morning Drive which is hosted by Pete McMurray, Scott Miller and Kathy Voltmer.

Salem Media Group, announced Monday that Bill Bennett will step back from the microphone in hosting Bill Bennett's Morning in America program starting Monday, April 4. Bennett will maintain his presence in the morning by shifting to Senior Correspondent, producing a daily Making America Work series.

Kelley was well-known to Chicago listeners as an on-air personality with WGCI-FM. In October, 2015, iHeartMedia also gave her dual PD duties with WGCI and WKSC-FM. She was 45 years old.

Yes, that Martha Quinn, of MTV fame. iHeartMedia is rebranding KOSF-FM, its 80s station in San Francisco, renaming it "iHeart80s," which is what the company calls its iHeartRadio 80s station. The station was called "BIG 103.7, San Francisco’s Hits of the ‘80s & More." Quinn will host morning drive and the station launched with eight days of commercial-free programming.

Alpha Media, Peoria, IL announced today that David van Camp will permanently join Jamie Markley for the Markley and van Camp Show on 1470-100.3 WMBD in Peoria, IL, and FM News 101, KXL in Portland, OR. The first official day of the show will be Monday, May 2.

Greater Media announces the hire of Jeff Miles as new morning show host at country station WKLB-FM in Boston. He is replacing JW (Willis) and Lori (Grande) who exited back on 2/11.

Julio Liberman's radio career began in the 1960s, when he and his brothers purchased KLVE in Los Angeles and flipped the format to become the first Spanish-language FM in the city, and the second in the United States. In 2013, Mr. Liberman received Radio Ink’s Lifetime Leadership Award, the highest honor of the Medallas de Cortez Awards. Julio Liberman is the father of Entravision's COO Jeff Liberman. He was 87.

Westwood One’s syndicated Bob & Tom Show has added comedian Josh Arnold as a regular cast member, joining Tom Griswold, Chick McGee, and Kristi Lee.