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Grammy-nominated country singer-songwriter Cassadee Pope will perform during the 2018 Radio Show opening session September 25. Pope appeared on season 3 of NBC's "The Voice" in 2012 and was the first female winner of the reality competition show.

The Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group awarded the 2018 “MIW Rising Star Award” to Neuhoff Media AE Karalee Misner at the 11th annual “Rising Through the Ranks” Women in Radio Management & Leadership Training Program.

Bob Lefsetz has one of the longest-running and most popular newsletters about music and culture that has ever been written — everyone in that space reads what the outspoken Lefsetz has to say. He's now getting his own show on SiriusXM, called "Lefsetz Live." The show will air Tuesdays at 7 pm ET on channel 106.

Effective September 4, Travis Rodgers will joinng morning show host Keyshawn Johnson and LZ Granderson on ESPNLA 710 as Jorge Sedano moves to afternoons. Sedano tweeted about his move Tuesday. His show will from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and include a rotating group of co-hosts.

Charese Fruge joins RadioNOW 100.9 (WNOW) Indianapolis and RadioNOW Houston (KROI) as the new CHR Format Captain and Program Director for both markets. Fruge has over 20 years of experience in the radio business and has worked in Nashville, New York, Los Angeles, and most recently as VP of Programming for the six-station Entercom cluster in Houston.

Bonneville’s KOSI-FM in Denver is adding crosstown KWOF-FM morning personality Jenny D to its morning show as a co-host to Sean Henry. It’s a return to the cluster for Jenny; she worked as an air talent in the past at KYGO-FM.

iHeartMedia San Francisco has secured multi-year contracts for weekday morning hosts Marcus & Sandy on STAR 101.3 (KIOI-FM) as well as hosts of “The Morning Breeze” Jack Kulp and Carolyn McArdle, heard on 98.1 The Breeze (KISQ-FM).

Wisconsin sports talker Bill Michaels was hit by lightning last Thursday in Eau Claire while hosting his show from a golf club. Michaels told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he was sitting at a metal-mesh table when he was hit.

Beasley has promoted Pete Forester to Director of Sales at WMGQ-FM and WCTC-AM in New Jersey. Over the past fourteen years, Pete has served as the National Sales Manager for the company’s New Jersey-based radio properties.

Cumulus Nashville is bringing Clay Travis back to WGFX/104.5 The Zone in Nashville to cover pre-mornings 5A-6A. Travis got his start in radio as co-host of the popular 3HL on WGFX in 2010. The program will lead into The Wake Up Zone, which airs weekdays from 6A-10A.