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» Illi-Noise:

Former Hubbard AC WTMX/Chicago morning co-host Melissa McGurren and former Hubbard Sports WXOS/St. Louis on-air/producer Austin Huff have joined Audacy WUSN/Chicago for mornings as Melissa And Austin. They fill the vacancy created by last year's departure of Katie Bright and Jason Pullman (CAT 6/23/20). Midday personality Drew Walker, who had been covering mornings in the interim, returns to his 9am-12pm shift with regionally syndicated Katie & Company from 12-3pm. “This team will bring energy, positivity, chemistry and a lot of fun to this fresh and dynamic local show to serve Chicago’s Country listeners,” says Regional Pres./MM Rachel Williamson. McGurren spent 25 years with WTMX and previously served as weekend traffic news anchor for WMAQ-TV/Chicago’s NBC5 News. Huff is the Founder/Editor/Writer for comedic sports blog/content company Korked Bats and previously spent time with then-CBS Radio/Los Angeles, Cumulus/Nashville and Cromwell/Nashville. Reach McGurren here and Huff here.

» Rated Are:

Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for March 2021 (three-month rolling average, 1/7-3/31/21) compared with January and February. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Columbia, SC	WCOS iHeartMedia 5.5 (4t) - 5.4 (5) - 5.9 (3) WWNQ Midlands Media 2.5 (11t) - 2.3 (14t) - 1.6 (15t)
Greenville, NC	WRNS Dick Broadcasting 10.0 (2) - 10.4 (2) - 9.3 (1)
Little Rock, AR	KSSN iHeartMedia 4.5 (9) - 6.1 (3) - 6.6 (3) KMJX iHeartMedia Classic Country 4.3 (10t) - 5.2 (6t) - 6.1 (5)
Springfield, MA	WRNX iHeartMedia 3.6 (5) - 4.6 (4) - 5.2 (2t) Largest share since last May.
Toledo, OH	WKKO Cumulus 6.8 (3t) - 6.7 (3) - 7.9 (1) WCKY iHeartMedia Classic Country 2.0 (10) - 1.7 (10) - 2.0 (9) WMIM Cumulus 1.0 (11t) - 0.8 (12t) - 0.6 (16)

» Gig Alert:

Cox KWEN/Tulsa PD/morning host Matt Bradley is seeking a successor for morning co-host “Natalie Cash” Lefler, who exited last month (CAT 4/26). See the online job description and application here; send résumés and airchecks to Bradley here.