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Salem Media Group has promoted from within by naming a VP of its events and marketing arm. It's an individual who joined Salem 21 years ago as Promotions Director of its Windy City cluster.

With a significant presence just up the road in Philadelphia, Beasley Media Group also has a heritage Adult Contemporary FM in Wilmington, Del., in its Delaware Valley stable. Now, this property is welcoming a new Station Manager. And, he's inbound from Townsquare Media's radio properties on the Jersey Shore.

The division of the Radio Advertising Bureau known as the National Radio Talent System (NRTS) has lured an industry veteran most recently with New South Radio in Mississippi to serve as its General Manager.

In the northwest corner of Iowa, on the banks of the Little Sioux River, is a small city that offers a variety of choices for FM radio listeners. They presently include a trio of noncommercial Christian-themed choices. Should Spencer, Iowa, get a fourth broadcast home for religious programming? The FCC just said yes.

When it comes to PBS Member stations, there's perhaps none more well-known than WNET in New York. It has been an influential educational, non-commercial television organization since "Sesame Street" made its debut. In autumn 2019, Thirteen bought its first radio station. Now, WNET Corp. is acquiring its second FM property.

They were listed as Director nominees in Cogeco's information circular dated November 14, 2022. Now, the Montréal-based company has announced that each of these nominees were elected as a Cogeco director during its annual shareholders meeting, held in-person on Friday. 

What are the audience metrics and what does the revenue for Black-Owned Radio look like? The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) and BIA Advisory Services partnered up to provide the industry answers to those questions. The results of this summer 2022 report can be seen here.

It's an FM licensed to Tunica, Miss., and reaches the Memphis market from the south. Until today, this Class C3 FM was the home of a rock and blues presentation put together by a longtime morning host in West Tennessee. Now, "96.1 DRAKE FM" is moving to an online-only model as the station's licensee has struck a deal with Educational Media Foundation to place its Worship Music Air1 network on the station.

From Selma, Ala., through mid-Georgia, ferocious storms tore through the region, with twisters reported. One of those tornados has impacted a 40kw FM with a signal stretching from Atlanta's south to Macon, Ga., and Auburn, Ala. The station's broadcast tower was destroyed on Thursday, and the station's operators are actively seeking a solution.

It's the second-largest licensee of FM radio stations in the U.S. And, it has a presence in nearly every U.S. market thanks to its noncommercial Christian Contemporary Music and Worship Music networks. Now, it is dealing with a social media hack that has impacted its Facebook pages for weeks.

It's a new industry competition for radio’s on-air talent and programs showcasing the audio talent that listeners say they love most, and it has extended its audio submission deadline by one week. One to three-minute audio submissions are sought, with cash prizes awarded to the winners.

On Tuesday, licensee Stu Epperson found himself suddenly suffering from a deep loss. The four towers used by the radio station his Truth Broadcasting Co. had purchased from Curtis Media Group at the end of 2021 had been vandalized. Today, those towers are fully destroyed, and law enforcement officials are actively seeking the culprit.

"As part of Nielsen's reorganization and prioritization work that began in 2022, we announced a reduction in our global workforce today." That's the official word from a Nielsen spokesperson regarding what is rumored to be a significant culling of jobs at the audience measurement and consumer data analytics company that completed a privatization effort in October 2022.

Since March 2016, he has served as a consultant to the radio industry from his longtime home base of Atlanta. Before launching his own business, he spent 16 1/2 years at Cumulus Media, most of that time as SVP of Corporate Engineering and IT. Now, Gary Kline is being mourned, as news of his passing surfaced on January 11.

In October 2022, he stepped in for Jim Bohannon, who retired for undisclosed health reasons before passing away on November 12. Now, he's officially been tapped by Cumulus Media as the host of "an all-new radio program" and two different podcasts.