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That's what The New York Post is reporting. The paper says Francesa "desperately misses doing New York sports radio," and is trying to get back on the air. The report says Francesa, who retired from WFAN after 30 years, has had discussions with 98.7 ESPN, WOR-AM, and WFAN. Returning to WFAN is apparently a possibility.

The Woody Show is returning to Bay Area morning radio on San Francisco’s iconic Rock radio station KFOG. Woody and his co-hosts Ravey, Greg, Menace, and Sebas debut on KFOG 104.5 FM and KFFG 97.7 FM on Monday, April 30.

Adam “Kash” Kashner has been promoted to Assistant Program Director for Country radio station 95.5 WFMS-FM in Indianapolis. Kashner will retain his roles as on-air host, weekends/fill-ins, on WFMS-FM and on Classic Hits station 104.5 WJJK-FM.

ASCAP has named Nick Lehman Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy & Digital Officer, reporting directly to ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews. Lehman most recently worked as Chief Strategy Officer for TEGNA.

Beasley Media Group has hired Travis Daily as Tampa Operations Manager and PD of WQYK 99.5FM. Daily spent the past 17 years at iHeartMedia, where he most recently served as Senior VP of Programming in Tampa and Sarasota.

Gill Santos passed away last week, on his 80th birthday and 57th wedding anniversary. Santos started working Patriots' games for WBZ in Boston in 1966 as an analyst. He took over play-by-play duties in 1971. Santos called 743 games in 36 seasons.

George Reed, owner of Monticello Media, has announced the appointment of Ralph Salierno to VP/GM of their Charlottesville, VA, stations (WCHV, WYCK, WHTE, WKAV & WZGN).

Justin Nesci has been named iHeartMedi's Executive VP of Advanced Audio and Data Revenue. Nesci will be responsible for developing data-driven audio strategies across iHeartMedia’s platforms. He will help steer SmartAudio, iHeart's cloud-based audio planning and buying platform.

Lyndsey Marie returns to Atlanta as on-air host, middays, for Rock 100.5/WNNX-FM. Lyndsey, who moved from Atlanta to Chicago in 2014 to host middays on former Cumulus Classic Rock station WLUP-FM, has hosted Rock 100.5 middays remotely since that time.

Cumulus Media has appointed Nick Draeger to the position of Creative Imaging Director for Chicago Rock radio station 101 WKQX-FM. Draeger joins Cumulus from Entercom-Sacramento.