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The Back Bay's most well-known spoken word radio brands will soon be getting a new VP of News, Talk and Sports programming. Starting July 1, an individual with WINS-AM 1010 and WCBS-AM 880 in New York on his resume will be responsible for overseeing the programming of a former sibling, in addition to two Talk AMs serving the greater Boston area.

The E.W. Scripps Co.'s "next-generation national news network" expands its New York-based sales and distribution team with the hiring of a VP/Sales and a VP/Strategic Partnerships.

Who is replacing Linda Danna at the helm of a TEGNA station in Kentucky? The company has turned to KUSA-9 in Denver, and a woman who has served as its News Director since 2015.

A veteran radio sales executive with roles at Capitol Broadcasting and Entercom has just taken the reins as SVP/Sales for iHeartMedia's group of stations in the Triangle region of North Carolina.

Until November 2016, Michelle Redberg was primarily known for her experience as a sales executive and marketing specialist in television. She jumped to the radio business, taking an AE position. Now, she's been upped to VP/Sales for a cluster owned by one of the nation's largest radio station owners.

His resume includes stints at such famous Chicago radio stations as WLS-AM and WGN-AM. His LinkedIn profile notes that from 1978 to 1980 he was an actor, signed to Universal Pictures. There'll be no acting for Jeff Hill as of today: He's just been appointed VP/Sales for the Windy City signals owned by one of the nation's biggest radio broadcasting companies.

After a 22-year career at Westwood One, Dennis Green has opted not to slow down and retire. Instead, he'll happily catch some rays, enjoy doing it, and hopefully gain some new clients for a growing barter-based radio industry services provider.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are thisclose to meeting the Las Vegas Golden Knights in the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals. It's a sure bet that Russell Robertson will be cheering mightily for the Bolts. Robertson has just been named SVP/Sales for one top group of radio stations in Tampa-St. Petersburg.

With the departure of its SVP/Sales for similar duties in the Tampa-St. Petersburg market,  iHeartMedia had a choice to make on who would become its next sales leader in the Pacific Northwest's biggest market. That choice came today, with a promotion at iHeart's Seattle-Tacoma station group.

The former Special Counsel in the Competition Policy Division of the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau has been selected as the second VP/Regulatory Affairs at the American Cable Association.

Entercom has created a new role that calls for an individual to lead strategy, creative development and execution for multiplatform, client partnerships at the radio company. Selected for this task is the SVP for the Altitude Group, which Entercom absorbed through its merger with CBS Radio.

An American Public Media (APM) executive who has risen through the ranks at the Minneapolis-based noncommercial programming entity since joining in August 2011 has just been appointed COO of another leading producer of public radio shows.

The six-year GSM of iHeartRadio's Nashville station group will now have much easier access to Busch Stadium to see her beloved St. Louis Cardinals. As of today, she is now the Sales Manager for four iHeartRadio/St Louis stations.

For most of her 24-year career, one top radio industry market manager has called the Mile High City home. She's been associated with a group of stations that have seen five owners since 1994. Now, after sitting on the sidelines for six months, she's moving across the street to a group of radio stations that were once her longtime competitors.