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Big D Takes Over Afternoons At KWNR-FM

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Big D will host weekdays from 3-7 p.m. He knows the Vegas market well, having worked there as the APD/Music Director and afternoon host on KPLV-FM 93.1 the Party.

iHeart’s WMZQ Adds Dee Jay Silver

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Sun Broadcast Group's "The Country Club with Dee Jay Silver" will now be heard on iHeartMedia's country station in Washington D.C., WMZQ from 7p-12a. The Country Club is now heard on over 70 stations across the country, including 16 iHeartMedia stations.

Hovel Joins iHeart As Senior VP

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Dave Hovel resigned from his PD position at West Virgina Radio last Friday, as well as his morning show host gig at WICL in Williamsport, MD, to take on a new role with iHeart as Senior VP for Programming in the Salisbury, Maryland, market.
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Sterling Calls 4,453 Consecutive Yankees Games

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Newsday did the math and came to the conclusion that Yankees radio announcer John Sterling has called 4,453 consecutive games. It’s a streak that spans 28 baseball seasons.

Stigall Extends With WPHT In Philly

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WPHT-AM morning drive host Chris Stigall has renewed his contract with the station. No other details were released other than it was a multi-year deal. He's been hosting mornings on the station for over five years now.

Cumulus Puts A&G On In Four More Markets

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The syndicated talk program hosted by Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty will now be heard on Cumulus talk radio stations KKAT-AM, Salt Lake City; KTBL-AM, Albuquerque; KMJ-AM/FM, Fresno; and KVEN-AM, Ventura. The Armstrong & Getty Show’s first Cumulus affiliate came with the launch of the program on San Francisco’s KGO-AM in April of 2016.

Switcheroo In Atlanta For Cox

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Cox Media Group’s Classic Hits station WSRV-FM in Atlanta is changing its weekday schedule. Kaedy Kiely (pictured) will move from mornings to afternoon drive and Steve Craig, The River’s resident musicologist, will move to morning drive from afternoons.

Former Dayton PD Jailed

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WHIO has the details about Randy James Fitzsimmons, the former PD at WMMX in Dayton. He's in jail on charges that he committed a Nebraska bank robbery in Lincoln on July 29th by passing a note to a teller at the drive-through window.

Baton Rouge’s Kevin Meeks Dies in Crash

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Kevin Meeks worked at WJBO-AM in Baton Rouge from 1996 until 2015 when he was laid off. He died Friday after the motorcycle he was riding crashed.

Cliff & Sharon Sign With Talent Farm

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Cliff Dumas and Sharon Burns "The Cliff & Sharon Show" have signed a syndication agreement with Steve Wall's Talent Farm.

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