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Apparently 36 years is enough radio for some hosts. KQRS Minneapolis morning man, Radio Hall of Famer Tom Barnard is retiring. His final broadcast will be December 23rd. The Minneapolis native has been with the station since 1986. He dominated morning ratings in that city for a very long time.

After 10 years with Westwood One, veteran programmer Jack Silver is exiting the company. During his tenure, Silver served as PD for NBC Sports Radio and was Operations Manager for WWO's Culver City Studios.

Joey Tack will host mornings on WIVK-FM 107.7 in Knoxville, TN. Tack was most recently Assistant Program Director and Morning Show Host at Country station WLHK-FM/97.1 Hank FM in Indianapolis, IN.

WMIB-FM has promoted Keith “DJ Bulletproof” Springer to Assistant Program Director. He will also host "Bulletproof Radio" from 7 p.m. to Midnight beginning July 5.

AM 1530 WCKG, Chicago is adding “The No Name Football Podcast,” hosted by former Bears Olin Kreutz and Jason McKie, to its Friday lineup. is coming to the airwaves of Chicago. The program marks the beginning of “Football Friday".

SiriusXM and host Joe Madison have signed a new multi-year deal. His show airs weekdays from 6:00-10:00 a.m. ET on Urban View channel 126. Madison is a member of the National Radio Hall of Fame.

Trip Reeb, VP/MM in Phoenix is adding Seattle to his Hubbard management duties. Reeb is replacing the exiting VP/Market Manager, Wheeler Morris, who announced that he has accepted a position with Townsquare Media as their Market President for Fort Collins, CO.

Trey Morgan has joined BIG 98.1 (WOGL-FM) in Philadelphia. Morgan brings his experience in five of the ten biggest radio markets to afternoon drive starting July 1.

Joe Cariffe, National Sales Manager for Bonneville in San Francisco, is a writer in his spare time. His first crime fiction book is coming out later this Summer.

Brad Gould has been hired to run SummitMedia's 5-station Omaha cluster; AM 590 ESPN (KXSP), Channel 94.1(KQCH), Classic Rock 105.9 (KKCD), Star 104.5 (KSRZ) and Z-92 (KEZO).