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Eli Gold

Eli Gold Returns To Crimson Tide Radio After Cancer Battle

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Longtime Alabama football play-by-play caller Eli Gold is set to return to the radio booth after missing the last season due to his battle with cancer. He will be joined by former Alabama quarterback Tyler Watts, who will act as the color analyst for both home and away games.
Dave Portnoy

Barstool’s Dave Portnoy In Talks For Second Bite Into SiriusXM

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Barstool Sports founder and majority owner, Dave Portnoy, is in talks with SiriusXM about possibly hosting his own radio show, as revealed on The Kirk Minihane Show. The discussions seem to focus on bringing Portnoy back to the network individually.
Dominick Milano

Announcing A Return As SVP, Dominick Milano Is Cool For Katz

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Katz Media Group has announced the expansion of its digital sales division, Katz Digital Audio, with the return and appointment of Dominick Milano as Senior Vice President. Milano previously worked with Katz as Market Research Specialist and New York Sales Manager
Larry Mendte

Larry Mendte Joins NYC’s WOR As Director and Morning Anchor

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iHeartMedia New York's 710 WOR is bringing aboard Emmy Award-winning journalist Larry Mendte as the station's news director. Mendte will also join Len Berman and Michael Riedel in the Morning as the show's news anchor.
The Hang zone The Ticket

Judge Bans Dallas’ McDowell and Kemp From Posting Podcasts

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The drama continues between Cumulus Dallas' sports/talk The Ticket and former hosts Dan McDowell and Jake Kemp. A US District Court has ordered the duo to stop posting new episodes of their Patreon-based podcast amid claims of violated noncompetes.
Joey Boy Rodriguez

Joey Boy Departs Chicago’s ‘Morning Mess’ In Favor Of Phoenix

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Audacy Chicago's B96 (WBBM) is having an AM split as Morning Mess co-host "Joey Boy" Rodriguez returns to Phoenix. Rodriguez cited depression and homesickness as the reasons for his decision to return to Phoenix, where he will once again broadcast on Audacy's Live 101.5 (KALV).
REGGIE BROWN

Milwaukee Radio Host Is Fighting Overdose In The Black Community

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iHeartMedia Milwaukee's afternoon drive host Reggie Brown of V100.7 (WKKV), is joining the "DJs Against Overdose" campaign to combat the alarming increase in overdose deaths within the Black community by increasing education about drugs and naloxone.
Jon Gibs

Veritonic Adds Former Spotify Algorithm Chief Jon Gibs As Advisor

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Audio analytics and research provider Veritonic has announced a strategic partnership with former Spotify Global Director and Principal Data Scientist Jon Gibs. During his tenure at Spotify, Gibs worked on the company's recommendation algorithms.
Corey Crockett

Corey Crockett’s Major Move: Now Audacy Programming Director

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A year and a half after joining Audacy, the company announced Corey Crockett has been promoted to Director of Programming. Crockett has been instrumental in leading Audacy initiatives such as Hip Hop Made, I'm Listening, 1Thing, and Launch.
Eric Baker

Audacy Atlanta Adds Eric Baker As Director of Sales

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Audacy Atlanta has appointed Eric Baker as the new Director of Sales for the market's six stations. Baker comes to Audacy with over 16 years of sales management experience, having most recently served as General Sales Manager for Radio One's Dallas cluster.

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October 5, 2026

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