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Articles involving radio, including broadcast companies and industry trends.

Dominick Brascia, former Sacramento radio producer, dies at 61
Dominick Brascia, a former actor and Sacramento-area radio show producer who recently found himself on both ends of a child sex abuse scandal, has died.

WBUR’s “On Point” apologizes after hoax caller makes racist comments during broadcast
A nationally-distributed public radio show has apologized after an apparent hoaxster made racist comments during a call-in segment on Thursday.

Cristina Mendonsa tapped to lead KFBK morning news program
Cristina Mendonsa, a former television news anchor who has been reporting for Sacramento news radio station KFBK over the last few months, has been tapped to co-host the station’s flagship morning drive news program. The announcement was made in a ... Read more

Exclusive: KFBK drops Amy Lewis from morning news program
KFBK has dropped Amy Lewis from the station's morning news program, with reports circulating that Cristina Mendonsa has been tapped as Lewis' replacement.

CBS Radio, Entercom stations pulled from TuneIn platform
Entercom has pulled more than 200 stations from the TuneIn radio platform in a push to drive more listeners toward its Radio.com service.

New York DJ quits Pacifica station over hiring of Leonard Lopate
Jay Smooth, a programmer at WBAI in New York, has quit over the station's decision to hire Leonard Lopate from WNYC.

Exclusive: KFBK eliminates sports from newscasts
Sacramento station KFBK is eliminating sports analysis and reports from their air in a shake-up that will see a renewed focus on news and commentary programming.

Talk show hosts ordered to show favoritism toward Trump
Internal e-mails obtained by CNN show Salem Media Group executives told their radio hosts to be more pro-Trump during their broadcasts.

KFOG Radio relaunches with new tagline, familiar format
KFOG unveiled a new logo and slogan on Wednesday as well as a refreshed playlist that focuses heavily on adult album rock music produced after 1990.

With flip to all-talk format, KGO Radio guts news division
More than three dozen newsroom staffers were laid off at San Francisco's KGO Radio on Thursday as the station moves to an all-talk format in the coming weeks.

Live365 warns of potential shut down next month over copyright rate increase
New rates set by an online copyright board could force hundreds of streaming stations operated by Live365 off the air next month, the service warned in a letter to users on Wednesday.

White House, FEMA investigated iHeartMedia over errant EAS broadcast
The White House and FEMA investigated iHeartMedia over a false emergency broadcast in October 2014, according to new documents obtained by The Desk.