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Danny Cunningham rejoins 850 ESPN in Cleveland as a content teammate. Most recently, Danny was at SKOR NORTH in Minneapolis as a Timberwolves reporter and “Vikings Vent Line” co-host. He additionally worked at WOZN in Madison after starting his career here at 850 ESPN Cleveland in 2015.

Benztown, has released its seventh annual Benztown 50 List of Radio’s Biggest Imaging Voices in the U.S. and Canada. Randy Thomas (pictured here) was honored with the Iconic Voice Award. See the full Benztown list HERE.

Chris Baker has been fired from iHeart's KFAB-AM where he hosted afternoons. Baker posted a tweet after the Derek Chauvin verdict in the George Floyd case, headlined “Guilty,” beneath it was an image of four dancing black men in loincloths. Here's his explanation.

Wayne Jones is now D.O.S. for the Urban One Houston radio group, moving up from LSM. Jones has held management positions in Austin, Baton Rouge and D.C. He made Radio Ink's Future African American Leaders list in 2015 and 2017 and is a 2017 Radio Wayne award winner.

Riviera Broadcasting has hired Phoenix market veteran Jill Gossett as Vice President of Sales. Gossett moves over to radio from 12News where she was an Account Executive.

The New York Festival Radio Awards board has added three award winning content creators. Jennie Cataldo, Helen Shaw and Carole Zimmer join the board that was created in 2010.

With the addition of over two dozen new markets recently, the late morning show Markley, van Camp and Robbins is closing in on 100 stations. The show is distributed by Alpha and Compass Media Networks.

Aaron Roberts is the new National Sales Manager for the United States for RCS. Roberts most recently served as VP of Programming Communications & Special Projects for Cumulus Media & Westwood One.

Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation has appointed Cindi Lash as Executive Editor. She joins PCBC from Missouri Lawyers Media where she has been editor since 2018.

He's been away from the New York Mets radio booth for one week. The radio voice of the team tweeted that he's returning tonight after an illness not related to COVID. The Mets take on the Cubs Tuesday. WCBS in New York carries Mets games.