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iHeart Media says it has tapped Andrew Colton to host its morning show at Miami news-talk station WIOD (610 AM). He will start at the station in early January 2023.

Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan is either going to need a bigger shelf or add a trophy room onto his house. Smulyan is being awarded the 2017 Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting Award by the Broadcasters Foundation of America. Here are just a few of the honors and awards one of radio's most respected broadcasters has earned so far.

SiriusXM has announced the debut of TRUTH with Vivek Ramaswamy for the satellite broadcaster's Conservative Talk Patriot channel starting May 11. The weekly program will also be accessible on major podcast platforms and through the SiriusXM app.

Wanda Patterson, longtime radio personality and the current producer of the Rickey Smiley Morning Show will become the music director of WOKV-HD2 in Jacksonville. She will also hold the title of the local producer of the newly added “DeDe In The Morning” show for WJGL-HD2.

The Center for Sales Strategy has hired Michael Mayer as a Senior Consultant. Mayer most recently served as the Managing Partner for Summit 365 Advisors, and prior to that, he was the SVP of Advertising & Operations at The Denver Post.

Spanish Radio Academy President Jorge Álvarez and Spanish Ambassador to the U.S. Santiago Cabanas presented NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith the International Award from the Spanish Radio Academy on World Radio Day, February 13, 2019.

To set the stage for the 51st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, nine-time ACM winner Jennifer Nettles will host Westwood One’s 2016 ACM Nomination Special.

The new BEN FM Morning Show with Matt & Kristen will broadcast weekdays 6-9 a.m. Matt Cord has come in from sister station 93.3 WMMR where he was night host for 11 years. His co-host is Kristen Herrmann and their first show aired Tuesday, January 3.

In news from Beasley Media Group New Jersey, Gregg Stiansen has been named National Sales Manager. September 10. Stiansen most recently served as the General Manager of Salem Media Group’s WFIL-AM and WNTP-AM in Philadelphia.

George Noory, host of Premiere Networks Coast to Coast AM, is using a long running show segment, to fight COVID-19. The Friday Night Prayer segment will be dedicated to eliminating the virus.