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That's the word from the coroner regarding the death of 31-year old Stephanie Ollinger. The Stevens-Point Journal reports the autopsy found no obvious cause of death. Ollinger died mysteriously while celebrating her wedding anniversary at a cabin when her husband found her "already gone." Ollinger worked for NRG's WYTE-FM 106.5, which airs in the Stevens Point and Wausau markets.

Dave Adams has been named Senior VP of Programming for iHeart's Tucson market. Adams moves to Tucson from St. Louis where he was Brand Manager for KLOU/KLOU HD-2. He also previously programmed iHeartMedia’s WRNW/WRIT in Milwaukee.

The Sherman & Tingle Show with Brian Sherman and Steve Tingle will debut October 31 on Hubbard Radio's Rocker WDRV-FM in Chicago. They replace The Morning Drive which is hosted by Pete McMurray, Scott Miller and Kathy Voltmer.

After being diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia about a year ago, the legendary broadcaster has died at the age of 66. He had been suffering with the misdiagnosed disease for three years. Ross is pictured here with former Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey.

Stephanie Ollinger was the midday host on NRG's Country station WYTE-FM in Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin. She died on Saturday while celebrating her anniversary with her husband. She was only 31.

Atlanta’s STAR 94.1 has added a man with an interesting name to its personality roster. Zack Babb will cover weekdays, 8 p.m. to midnight, as well as hosting occasional weekend shifts.

KKHH-FM in Texas announced two on-air changes on Monday. Michele McKnight (pictured) will officially take over middays and JayDee (DJ Dizzle) takes over as the new evening host. McKnight and Jay Dee have been rotating shifts on a part-time basis for HOT 95-7 since June.

The announcement has added extra luster to next year’s CRS in Nashville (February 22-24). Keith will present Toby Keith: My Way on Friday, Feb. 24 from 3-4 p.m. CT., discussing his career, forming his own label, and building a business empire, among other things.

Herbster becomes VP of programming for iHeartMedia’s Pacific Northwest Region, as well as serving as PD of Z100 and JAM’N 107.5 in Portland. The region includes Portland, Seattle, Spokane, Fairbanks and Anchorage.

It’s the Hagerstown-Chambersburg market and they’ve snapped up Dorsey to be their new VP/Market Manager. The market is home to WHAG-AM, WCHA-AM, WCHA-FM, WIKZ-FM, WQCM-FM, and WDLD-FM. Most recently, Dorsey held the position of Director of Sales in the Hagerstown-Chambersburg market.