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iHeart Hits The Beach With The BFL

May 19, 2026 kevincarter Beach Football League, iHeartRadio

• The Beach Football League (BFL), the world’s first professional tackle football league played on sand, announced a strategic partnership

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Rick Thomas Stepping Down At Beasley Tampa

May 19, 2026May 20, 2026 kevincarter Beasley Media Group

• Beasley Media Group announced that Rick Thomas has made the decision to step away from his programming role in

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CMG Stops the Music To Silence the Violence

May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 kevincarter Cox Media Group

• Cox Media Group Urban stations are uniting nationwide for a powerful, urgent initiative — Stopping the Music to Silence

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NPR Restructuring: Layoffs & Buyouts

May 18, 2026May 19, 2026 kevincarter NPR

• NPR announced it is restructuring its newsroom, which will include eliminating some reporting and editing jobs, as it attempts

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Mahoney & Dave & Mahoney. Again.

May 18, 2026 kevincarter Compass Media Networks, Dave and Mahoney, KSLX

• Reunited, and it feels so good… RAMP has learned that Ross Mahoney (a.k.a. “Bossy Rossy“) is once again working

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Now Entering Roanoke: Woody & Wilcox

May 18, 2026May 18, 2026 kevincarter Woody and Wilcox, WROV

• iHeartMedia Classic Rock 96.3 WROV/Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA announced the arrival of its first new morning show in more than three

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iHeart, P&G Launch Elton John Impact Awards

May 18, 2026May 18, 2026 kevincarter Elton John, iHeartMedia

• iHeartMedia and P&G announced the inaugural Elton John Impact Awards, celebrating trailblazing LGBTQ+ community members and prominent allies. Hosted

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Tichenor Exits As PD Of WLS/Chicago

May 17, 2026May 18, 2026 kevincarter Cumulus Media, WLS-AM

• RAMP has confirmed that Stephanie Tichenor has exited as Program Director and Director of Social Media at Cumulus News-Talk

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Bonneville Bay Area Sale To Connoisseur Closed

May 15, 2026May 17, 2026 kevincarter Connoisseur Media

• It’s a done deal — the sale of KBLX-FM/Berkeley, KMVQ-FM & KOIT-FM/San Francisco, and KUFX-FM/San Jose, CA from Bonneville

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Executive Action Spinning At RECORDS

May 15, 2026May 17, 2026 kevincarter RECORDS

• RECORDS, the boutique indie label founded by Barry Weiss, announced the elevation of Andrew Saltman to Senior Vice President,