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BMI Icon Alison Smith Announces Retirement

January 28, 2025 kevincarter BMI

• After a nearly 40-year career at BMI, Alison Smith, Executive Vice President, Chief Distribution & Publisher Relations Officer, announced

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‘Bob & Sheri,’ Minus Bob Lacey

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 kevincarter Bob and Sheri

• On Monday morning, Bob Lacey announced his impending retirement from the long-running syndicated Bob & Sheri morning show, effective

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Grammy Awards To “Proceed As Planned”

January 13, 2025January 15, 2025 kevincarter Grammy Awards

• The uncertainty surrounding the upcoming 67th Grammy Awards show has now been put to rest, as it was announced

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Pinfield Recovering After Medical Event

January 7, 2025January 9, 2025 kevincarter KCSN, Matt Pinfield

• RAMP has learned from several sources that legendary radio and television personality Matt Pinfield has been hospitalized after suffering

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New Year Brings ‘The Rick Burgess Show’

January 6, 2025 kevincarter WZZK

• It was nearly a year ago when Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey, hosts of the syndicated Rick &

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Rome & Rich Change Seats

January 1, 2025January 2, 2025 kevincarter Jim Rome, Rich Eisen Show

• The Jim Rome Show kicks off 2025 with a new distributor and a new time slot, as the show

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Large Opportunity For Big Rob

December 10, 2024December 10, 2024 kevincarter KIMN

• KSE Radio Hot AC KIMN (Mix 100)/Denver has tapped Colorado’s own “Big Rob” Lewis as the station’s new Program

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SiriusXM Tightens Belt, Names COO

December 10, 2024December 11, 2024 kevincarter SiriusXM

• Busy day inside SiriusXM, as the company appointed a new Chief Operating Officer and laid out a new strategic

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Acast Acquires Wonder Media Network

December 6, 2024 kevincarter Acast, Wonder Media Network

• Acast, the world’s largest podcast company, announced the acquisition of Wonder Media Network (WMN), the full-service, award-winning creative studio.

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Harger Named Morning Host, KIRO/Seattle

December 5, 2024December 5, 2024 kevincarter Bonneville, KIRO-FM

• Bonneville’s KIRO Newsradio/Seattle keeps it in the family with the announcement that News Director Charlie Harger will be the