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Starting Monday, Cumulus Media will have a new EVP/CFO in place. While news of the appointment arrived Thursday, an SEC filing made Friday revealed just how much Cumulus' newest C-Suite executive will make. The filing also disclosed CEO Mary Berner's new employment agreement and salary.

"In light of the current circumstances, it is impossible to hold a rescheduled 2020 NAB Show this year," says NAB President/CEO Gordon Smith. That said, the NAB is proceeding "with a two-pronged approach to deliver as much value as possible under these circumstances to our exhibitors, partners, and the broadcast industry as a whole."

The author of the book "Leadership Endurance" is hosting a free video conference on Wednesday to help radio and other leaders cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Concurrently, the Managing Partner of InTown Media is asking a select group of broadcasters to join him in a short beta of a new weekly online video meeting for broadcasters who are isolated and working from home.

An AM radio station with a rich heritage of serving the famed town of Deadwood, S.D., in August 2019 was sold to a husband and wife and their 4 Paws Broadcasting from 37-year owners Al and Jeanne Decker. Now, this Class B is being dealt to a nationally renown broadcast company based six hours to the east, in Yankton, led by Carolyn and Doyle Becker.

There are few radio industry luminaries who have captured the attention of all as Randy Michaels has. Among his achievements is the formation of Radioactive LLC, comprised of FM stations in some of America's smallest cities. Now, Michaels is selling one of the FMs in his stable -- a silent facility that was operated by Rocking M Media through early December.

New York Festivals Radio Awards will announce the 2020 award winners on April 21. Among the finalists are CBS News Radio, which was singled out for a documentary and for breaking news on the Notre Dame cathedral inferno; Alabama Public Radio; SiriusXM; and Westwood One's syndicated "America in the Morning" program.

Kevin Ryder, Allie Mac Kay and Jensen Karp were each fired via individual phone calls from Entercom-owned KROQ-FM in Los Angeles on Tuesday. A new lineup was released by the company on Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, Ryder has taken to Twitter to express his thoughts over the unexpected job loss as COVID-19 concerns have fueled layoffs across multiple industries.

Looking for a single place to find coronavirus pandemic news as it impacts community after community in the U.S.? There's an app for that.

At Noon PT on Tuesday, KFMB-AM in San Diego concluded its run as an News/Talk station under TEGNA ownership and, before that, as a Midwest Television-owned property. But, there is most certainly a spoken word future for the venerable station serving America's Finest City. It's thanks to iHeartMedia.

In a sign of optimism that coronavirus concerns will have tempered in six weeks, Entercom Communications has confirmed that its annual shareholders' meeting will move forward at Hotel Sofitel Philadelphia. Among the agenda items: A non-binding "Say on Pay" vote. Want to know what David Field earned in 2019? We have the answer, and it's a big jump from 2018.

For a generation of TV viewers, "Eddie Haskell" is a beloved character on the 1950s classic sitcom Leave it to Beaver. For radio listeners, the name Eddie Haskell is also one associated with a Country veteran who has just departed iHeartRadio for a position at Max Media in the Tidewater region of Virginia.

A letter of support from the head of The Radio Television Digital News Association, which is gathering resources and best practices from newsrooms across the country and sharing them, is just the starting point for an industry on the frontlines of the global COVID-19 coronavirus crisis hitting home for millions of Americans.

Addressable advertising. It's a key desire among marketers and brand managers who have shifted much of their money to Google and Facebook. The TV industry is poised to claw back some of those dollars, thanks to NEXTGEN TV. For some, this puts traditional radio -- minus streamed delivery of live broadcasts -- at a disadvantage. However, the radio industry may have its answer.

The sell-off of stations licensed to High Plains Radio Network continues. This time, it involves three FMs acquired by the Monte Spearman-led broadcasting company in April 2016. Who is the buyer, and is he making a profit some four years later?

It's now time for those interested in participating in the MIW Group's annual Mildred Carter Mentoring Program to submit their application for consideration. The 2020 program is, as always, a virtual opportunity for women in the radio industry to continue learning from some of its most accomplished professionals.