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iHeartMedia's Denver-based world class rock station KBCO (97.3 FM) says its mid-day host Ginger will be retiring at the end of the month. Ginger has been introducing music lovers to new songs and artists on the Denver airwaves for four decades.

Audacy says its Philadelphia sports radio outlet WIP-FM (94.1 FM) will launch a new mid-day show with Joe Giglio and Hugh Douglas. Giglio is moving from evenings to mid-day to host the program, while Douglas — a former National Football League defensive end — is re-joining the station.

The Center for Sales Strategy has named several radio executives among its 2022 Talent Superhero winners. The award winners include executives from iHeartMedia, Cox Media Group, Townsquare Media and Bonneville International, among others.

Radio syndication firm Key Networks has appointed Jason Wilberding as its president of sales, a newly-created position for the company. Wilberding will oversee Key Networks’ ad sales team and work directly with Key Networks clients.

New York Public radio announced the appointment of nine new members to its board of trustees on Tuesday, who will help oversee NYPR and its broadcast and digital properties, including WNYC (820 AM, 93.9 FM), Gothamist and New Jersey Public Radio.

iHeartMedia San Diego has named Cathy Lloyd Senior VP of Sales for San Diego where the company has 8 stations. Lloyd is promoted from within iHeartMedia San Diego where she has served as a VP Sales for the last four years.

Wayne Randazzo will leave his position as play-by-play announcer for New York Mets games called on WCBS (880 AM), according to multiple reports. Randazzo is apparently headed to Los Angeles, where he will serve as the TV announcer for Angels games.

Brad Kelly, the managing partner of Nielsen Audio, will leave the company as part of a broader executive shake-up there, Radio Ink has confirmed. He has worked for Nielsen since 2007 and was an executive at radio measurement firm Arbitron from 1998 to 2007.

Salem says the general manager of its Little Rock station cluster, John Gallagher, has been promoted to the same role for the company's Chicago-area stations. The promotion takes effect January 1; he was in the process of relocating to Illinois when the opportunity opened up.

SummitMedia says it has named Opie Joe the program director of two of its Knoxville stations, WCYQ (100.3 FM, The Wolf) and WNOX (93.1 FM). He has worked in Knoxville radio for over a decade, including as on-air personality at WCYQ and programming at WNOX.