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Tremaine Sloan (aka “QCB”) has joined several Beasley Charlotte stations as a part-time Sports Entertainment Talent. He will also host a podcast called 3 with the QCB.

iHeartMedia Orlando host Sandra Carrasquillo was honored with the Lifetime Hispanic Achiever’s Award at the Hispanic Achievers Heritage Month celebration in Orlando for her contributions to the Central Florida Hispanic community.

Nashville Urban AC station 92Q/WQQK-FM will debut The Kenny Smoov Morning Show on October 11. Smoov is a longtime Nashville air talent and The Tennessean’s 2017 Favorite Radio Personality of the Year.

Bruce Law is the new Market Manager for Cumulus' five stations in Grand Rapids, MI. Law, a Michigan native, was the Market Manager for Saga's cluster in Ashville, NC. He's also worked for Townsquare Media in Quad Cities, IA/IL. Law replaces Jeff Cartwright who left the company. 

Premiere has announced a new weekend lineup on FOX Sports Radio. FSR will feature programming dedicated to both college and pro football hosted by different personalities, analysts, and former players. Joining the fall lineup is Bucky Brooks (left), who teams up with Mark Willard to host Saturdays from 4 to 8 p.m. ET.

Here comes the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour 2018. The full artist line-up will be announced October 9. The tour will stop in Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, Atlanta, Tampa, and Miami/Ft. Lauderdale. 

Country radio personality and women's advocate Kelly Ford, co-host of nationally syndicated morning radio show Ty, Kelly and Chuck, will serve as Host Committee Chair of the Play Like a Girl Honors Gala.

Entercom Market Manager Phil Zachary tells The Washington Post that changes are coming today to 94.7 Fresh FM in DC. Zachary says the new format will be unveiled during a Wednesday afternoon webinar for advertisers. As a result of the planned changes, popular morning host Tommy McFly and four other on-air hosts have been let go.

On Tuesday, Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting’s President Jan Charles Gray announced Kevin Barrett as his new General Manager. Barrett (pictured here) will oversee Mt. Rushmore's three South Dakota and two Rawlings, Wyoming, stations and manage the company's five Casper, Wyoming, signals.

WSCR PD Mitch Rosen confirms to Radio Ink that Brendan McCaffrey has left the station to take a job at SiriusXM on the NFL Channel.