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KVON/KVYN (Napa, CA) radio veteran Ira C. Smith has been named the 2017 Ambassador of the Year by the Napa Chamber of Commerce. During the North Bay fires, KVON and Smith formed a “lifeline” for many Napa County residents.

106.7 The Bull, “Colorado’s New Country” station, has debuted CMT After MidNite with Cody Alan. The popular country music program will broadcast Monday through Sunday from midnight to 5 a.m. MST.

iHeartMedia's KGB-FM in San Diego has announced the extension of their relationship with morning show host Bob Buchman. Market President Melissa Forrest tells Radio Ink, “Bob is a proven market performer and we look forward to many more years of top ratings in a very competitive San Diego Market." The length of Buchman's new deal was not disclosed.

This picture was sent in to us from Cumulus Executive Vice President of Content & Programming Mike McVay. The Cumulus team was attending a Grammy viewing party in New York City on Sunday with Island Republic Records. So, who's in this picture?

In an interview with the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Tom Joyner says he doesn't really want to leave radio but “I couldn’t get a guaranteed contract after two years.” Joyner is retiring at the end of 2019. Joyner has been in syndication for nearly 25 years, he's still on 95 stations and reaches 7.4 million listeners every week.

Talk host Jim Bohannon has celebrated the 25th anniversary of his weeknight The Jim Bohannon Show, after taking over what had been The Larry King Show on January 29, 1993. Bohannon opened his Monday show with, “If you’re lucky, and if you live long enough, every now and then a milestone comes along in your life.”

ESPN Richmond, Virginia (99.5/102.7 FM & 950/1240 AM) will debut its new local morning show The Black and Drew Sports Huddle at 8 a.m. on Monday, February 5. The two-hour call-in show will be co-hosted by Bob Black and Andrew Wallace, with local sports updates from Mitchell Bradley.

Urban AC 102.9 KBLX/San Francisco’s Morning Dream Team co-host Tony Roberts decided to "join" the New Orleans Pelicans basketball team recently. During the warm-ups for the Pelicans game against the Houston Rockets, Roberts left his courtside seat and began stretching next to the players.

Chelsea Briggs will join Edgar Sotelo and Brian Moote as co-host for the new morning show on 97.1 AMP Radio (KAMP-FM) in Los Angeles, effective February 2018. Briggs is a multi-media entertainment on-air personality, pop culture expert, and most recently Billboard News correspondent.

Cindy Spicer, one of Radio Ink's 2018 Top Country PD's, is now the Program Director at iHeartMedia’s US103.5 in Tampa Bay. Spicer moves downstate from iHeart's WQIK-FM in Jacksonville were she was PD and host. Spicer has also worked at KUSS in San Diego.