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Bob Thornton will fill the newly created position of SVP of Programming and Technology at Stephens Media Group. He has been with the company for over 20 years.

Houston’s KTRH AM 740 has signed a new four-year agreement with on-air host Michael Berry. He will continue with The Michael Berry Show through 2023.

77 WABC/NYC radio host Joan Hamburg presented her annual Pre-Tony Luncheon, Thursday, at Arno Ristorante in New York City. Highlights of the show will air on 77 WABC in two parts.

Fox News Radio is moving The Guy Benson Show to afternoon drive and adding another hour to the show. Starting Monday, Benson will air 3-6PM/ET, moving from the 6-8PM/ET slot. Benson replaces Tom Shillue.

Cox Media Group Houston has promoted Kelly Ryan to full-time co-host for the Dean & Rog Morning Show. Ryan was most recently the traffic reporter for CMG Houston.

Stickles joins 88.7FM WMVY/Martha's Vineyard, MA, in a newly created position, appearing on the station’s airwaves delivering morning newscasts, and working behind the scenes.

Andrew L. Dahm has been named iHeartMedia’s Chief Privacy Officer. Dahm will also remain in his role as Senior Corporate Counsel, the job he assumed when he joined the company in 2011.

Urban Contemporary Washington, DC, station 93.9 WKYS-FM has a new morning show, The Morning Hustle with Angie Ange, Jordan, and Lore’l.

The Elvis Duran Group and SportsGrid welcome Craig Mish to their Fantasy Sports Radio Network to host Fantasy Sports Today, a new daily show launching Monday (noon to 2 p.m. EST). Mish previously hosted a fantasy baseball show on SiriusXM.

Longtime host Gary Shores posted on the K100 (WKKO) Toledo Facebook page that he's leaving radio because of his lung disease. Shores has certainly battled adversity recently. In November his wife of 43 years died from cancer. His longtime radio partner, Harvey Steele died in 2017.