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Sierra Automated Systems will honor NAB Hall of Fame inductee Elvis Duran at a special event on the NAB Show floor on Monday, April 9. During the event SAS Owners Ed Fritz and Al Salci will personally present Duran with the first of its kind gold "Hall of Fame" edition iSL console prior to his induction into the NAB Hall of Fame that evening.

Broadcast veteran Larry Wilson, host of the popular Livin’ Large with Larry, takes over mornings on WPLL I Am Country 106.9 (Gainsville-Ocala), starting Monday, April 2. The show will air weekdays from 6 to 9 a.m.

After 40 years at KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM/1160 AM/Salt Lake City, Doug Wright has announced he will be stepping back from five-days-a-week on-air hosting duties on June 1. He will continue at the station as a special news consultant and correspondent, and hosting the popular and long-running KSL Movie Show.

Caleb Williams joins The Family Radio Network as Assistant Program Director. Born and raised in Chicagoland, he has grown up listening to and working with some of the best radio personalities in the third-largest market in America.

Katz Media Group has appointed Christine Travaglini to President of Katz Radio Group. She succeeds Mark Gray who was promoted to CEO of Katz Media Group in March 2017. Travaglini will oversee all of the radio sales company’s operations nationwide and will report to Gray. Radio Ink has named Travaglini one of the “Most Influential Women in Radio” since 2005.

Former WFAN host Craig Carton, who resigned from his highly rated morning show with Boomer Esiason after being indicted in a ponzi scheme back in September, will be back broadcasting this week. Here are the details about the new show...

There’s a new morning show on 104.3 WOMC (WOMC-FM), Detroit’s heritage Classic Hits radio station, debuting Monday, April 2. 104.3 WOMC Mornings with Stephen Clark and… will feature former TV news anchor Stephen Clark and a second co-host who will be revealed on Thursday, April 5.

Paul Capodanno has been recruited for the position of Vice President of Marketing & Digital. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Capodanno comes to Sun Broadcast Group after many years in the marketing industry.

Michael Kay, the Emmy Award-winning New York Yankees play-by-play announcer and drive-time host of The Michael Kay Show on ESPN NY 98.7 FM Radio, has been selected to be the 11th recipient of the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio.

Jackson’s retirement goes into effect on March 31. His career started in the late ‘60s, including radio and television stations in Indiana and Michigan as on-air host, weatherman, and producer.