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Hubbard's WTMX-FM announced that, after 22  years with the station, Melissa McGurren was offered a contract extension which much to the surprise of station management she declined.  

Ryan “Spilly” Spilborghs is joining Sports Radio 104.3 The Fan (KKFN-FM) as their Colorado Rockies analyst. He’ll provide exclusive insight and analysis on the team throughout the baseball season.

After nearly 30 years as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association, Art Brooks announced Friday that he is stepping down at the end of the year. Brooks led the way helping Arizona broadcasters make the 2008 award-winning documentary Crystal Darkness, one of several initiatives he was involved in to battle drug abuse.

KNBR Ops Manager Lee Hammer said, “We’re about to re-launch KNBR 1050, and we’re excited to have Jeremiah join our programming team to lead this effort. He'll also be working closely with me on new strategic programming initiatives at KNBR 680, plus helping to expand our growing social media platforms.”

Premiere Networks and Hollywood Unlocked Founder Jason Lee will debut a new two-hour weekly radio show called Hollywood Unlocked with Jason Lee on August 17. The show will come out of the gate on 50 iHeart Urban Contemporary stations.

The Dave Ramsey Show is now part of the Talk Radio 1210 WPHT line-up, airing weekdays from 9 p.m. to midnight. CBS Radio Market Manager David Yadgaroff said, “We couldn’t be more pleased to bring Dave Ramsey to WPHT."

Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer is expanding the publication's radio presence with the addition of The Josh Hammer Show to Audacy St. Louis' audience 97.1 FM Talk. The show initially launched on Bonneville Seattle's KTTH-AM in November.

According to his daughter Celia Ingrid Farber, Barry Farber passed away Wednesday night at home at the age of 90. Here's the tweet Celia Farber posted last night...

Vincent 'Mojo' Wilson is the new Operations Manager for Cumulus in Mobile. Wilson will also serve as PD for WABD-FM and WXQW-AM and will be heard on-air on WABD-FM weekdays.

SportsRadio 94WIP in Philadelphia has signed a new agreement with veteran broadcaster and writer Ray Didinger. Other than it being a multi-year deal, no other details were made available. Didinger will continue contributing in several ways to the CBS Philadelphia cluster.