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Beasley's Toucher & Rich morning show, based out of 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston, debuted on four Townsquare stations Monday. It was only last week that the show went into syndication.

Tarik Moody has been named PD of 88Nine Radio Milwaukee’s new Urban Alternative channel. In 2022, the station will hire additional Urban Alternative staff members and share the channel’s name and brand identity. The new channel is slated to launch on June 19, Juneteenth Day.

Former Sun Broadcast Group executive Ed Moloney joins Skyview Networks as Director of Affiliate Syndication and Sales. At Sun Moloney was Affiliate Content Manager.

Audacy has added Candice Smith as midday host on 106.5 The Beat (WBTJ-FM) in Richmond. Smith, a Virginia native, also works for the NBC-TV affiliate in town, which she will continue to do. She is also a three-time Emmy Award winner.

Indianapolis based The Bob & Tom show and Cumulus Media have inked a new agreement to continue to carry the show on 18 of the company's radio stations. The renewal extends a partnership of over 20 years.

Radio One Buffalo, WECK AM/FM has hired Tommy Tomasulo as Director of Sales. Tomasulo most recently worked in Sales management for Audacy's Buffalo cluster.

Benztown has appointed Darren Silva as West Coast Director of Commercial Production for the company and client YamanAir. Benztown has also appointed Jake Urbanek as Production Manager, Long Form Programming.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has named Dr. Stephen Wilkins as Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. For the past several years, Dr. Wilkins served as Chief Human Resources Officer and later as Chief of Staff at Alexandria City Public Schools in Alexandria, Virginia.

Jen Richer has been named Assistant Program Director, iHeartMedia Washington D.C., effective November 1. Richer is no stranger to iHeartMedia, working in various capacities at other company stations.

Marty Booher, the president of the Michigan Sports Network, is launching a new sports network in Florida. He's announced the morning show of Mark Miller and David Moulton as the first show on the new network.