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A SVP of Performance Sales and a VP of Performance Sales have been added to the C-Suite at the audio content creation and distribution company formerly known as Entercom.

It’s at 1550 kHz and serves Northern California. And, it happened to be the home of the company's LGBTQ+-focused music and entertainment digital multicast format. That's now gone, as the station is already under the management of the incoming owners.

He was far more than just a morning host. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007, the legendary broadcaster started his career at small radio stations and eventually moved into television.

Known as "the dean of Los Angeles talk radio," Michael Jackson — the former KABC-AM host — died over the weekend. He had suffered from Parkinson's Disease.

In a sign that the demand for syndicated weekend radio programs is strong, Compass Media Networks has turned to Townsquare Media in initiating the launch of six new offerings that are available now for new and current affiliates.

Cumulus Media's Westwood One national radio arm earlier this month pulled the plug on the nighttime offering for CHR/Pop and Hot AC radio stations hosted by Zach Sang. A new program is set to be offered to Sang's affiliates, and new stations, come Monday. The duo was officially announced January 13.

Pennsylvania radio station owner Roger Wahl, a convicted felon, was all but expected to participate in a pre-hearing conference on Thursday with the FCC's Administrative Law Judge, who issued a Hearing Designation Order to determine if Wahl should be stripped of his license. That didn't happen. This puts WQZS's future on shaky ground anew.

SiriusXM is taking a bigger step into the music-in-stores arena by acquiring a business known for legal streaming of music. It joins SiriusXM Music for Business and Pandora for Business in the commercial music portfolio.

The owner of radio stations in small- and mid-sized markets known for its programmatic and local digital solutions will see its CEO and CFO appear at a virtual event scheduled for January 19-20.

The goal is to make it an annual event, hosted by Veritonic, a company focused on technology offering brands, publishers, and agencies with the data they need “to optimize their omni-channel audio investments across podcasts, streaming audio, broadcast radio, audiobooks, and video.”

A Saas platform that was created in 2015 in Portland, Ore., with the intent of helping marketers understand the value of each customer touchpoint across radio, TV, podcasts, streaming services, digital and other advertising channels has been acquired by a Canadian "convergence intelligence platform" for small and mid-size businesses founded in Vancouver, B.C.

One is a 10-year-old independent ad sales company connecting audio publishers, brands, and audiences. The other is a full-service network audio company offering sales, marketing, and affiliate products to some 4,000 affiliates that is a division of Gen Media Partners. As of today, the two entities have forged an ad sales partnership.

For years, reaching central Los Angeles was a challenge for a "trimulcast" comprised of signals located in Ventura County and in Orange County, along with a now-defunct tower on Catalina Island. That's no longer a problem, thanks to a FM translator and the use of MaxxCasting. A 2019 "Common" settlement is a factor for the stations' operator: Educational Media Foundation.

Like many News/Talk radio stations, syndicated programming takes up a lot of the lineup for an American General Media-owned property serving a picturesque slice of California's Central Coast. In mornings and afternoons, however, local hosts rule the roost. Now, the PM driver is being saluted for 30 years at KVEC.

Radio broadcasters, be warned. On-demand audio giant Spotify is rolling out a new advertising format that enriches podcasting by giving listeners a series of "Call-to-Action Cards" allowing them to learn more about an audio ad they hear. It's yet another opportunity for the audio industry, so long as legacy broadcast companies in the digital space follow suit.