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ESPN Syracuse has created a new local sports talk show featuring actor Daniel Baldwin. The Daniel Baldwin Show airs from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Baldwin is the main host, joined in studio by co-host Josh Grosvent who is also the host of The Show mornings on K-ROCK (WKRL-FM and WKLL-FM).

KFI Los Angeles conservative talker Bill Handel has apologized for calling congresswoman Frederica Wilson a whore on his show two weeks ago. L.A. Weekly reports that Handel made the apology in a prerecorded message. Political commentator Janmyne Cannick, who's been pressuring iHeart about the comment, archived the clip..

KYW in Philadelphia is reporting that Rod Carson, one of the founders of Shadow Traffic, KYW Newsradio, died over the weekend at his home in Lehighton, Carbon County. He was 75. Carson was best known for the traffic reports on CBS Radio's KYW. Carson's Facebook page, which states he died of natural causes, is being flooded with comments.

It happens on March 17, 2018. Coast to Coast AM host George Noory will be among the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame’s 2018 class of inductees. Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, the most-listened-to overnight radio program in North America, is broadcast live, Monday-Friday, from 1-5 a.m.

Salem Media Group has hired Ed Martin for afternoons at 1380AM The Answer in St. Louis. The Ed Martin Movement, will be heard afternoons from 3-5 p.m. Martin is the New York Times best-selling author of The Conservative Case for Trump. He's known as an advocate of Donald Trump's policies.

It’s south to Sin City for Shawn Stevens who makes the move after 20 years in Salt Lake City, where he most recently worked as PD/On-Air at (Country) KUBL-FM. Prior to that, Stevens worked at KBEE-FM and KKAT-FM in that market.

Don Cheto Al Aire will air Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. on WLIT Poder 97.5 FM, a Showtime Media station in Chicago, the country’s fifth-largest Hispanic DMA. The Don Cheto Radio Network launched its first affiliate in 2009. The show is now heard in over 30 cities.

Graham Media Group CEO Emily Barr will receive the 2018 Golden Mike Award from the Broadcasters Foundation of America on March 5, 2018, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The annual black-tie gala is a major fundraiser for the Broadcasters Foundation. Barr leads the seven-station broadcast television division of Graham Media Holdings.

Gen Media Partners has hired Chuck Bortnick to the newly created position of Senior VP, Integrated Platforms. Bortnick will help GMP grow revenue across all of its platforms -- national, network, digital, and out-of-home. Most recently, Bortnick operated his own business intermediary/brokerage firm.

Craig Carton has listed his New Jersey mansion for $2.4 million. Carton resigned from the highly rated Boomer & Carton show last month after the feds accused him of being part of a ponzi scheme to pay off millions in gambling debts.