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Entercom Names Van Hook Director of Digital Ops 20-year radio vet Amy Van Hook returns to Entercom as Director of Digital Operations, effective December 9. She was previously with the company in a similar role, and returns to lead the firm's digital design and development team. Van Hook previously served as COO at Liquid Compass where she oversaw the day-to-day More

All-Holiday Flips Abound as Christmas Approaches Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away and the number of stations flipping to all-Holiday and Christmas music continues to grow. CBS Radio's Oldies WODS-FM/Boston makes the switch for the seven consecutive year, while Entercom's Variety Hits WNTR-FM (107.9 The Track)/Indianapolis flips to all Christmas with a format More

Lance Richard Named Entercom VP/Digital Sales Entercom names radio and digital veteran Lance Richard as VP/Digital Sales, effective November 12. He will oversee Entercom's local and national digital sales initiatives working with the company's sales and marketing staffs. Richard will be based in Chicago and will report to Regional President Deborah Kane. More

Group CEOs Call For FM Tuners in Cell Phones Group heads and CEOs from evey major broadcast group, including Cumulus, Entercom, Clear Channel, Commonwealth, Bonneville, Emmis, Greater and Citadel met in separate meetings with FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and Commissioner Robert McDowell on Tuesday. More

ETM ''Fully Covered'' by Insurance in Water Death In a 10-Q filing with the SEC, Entercom said the $16.6 million awarded by jurors in the wrongful death suit of Jennifer Strange was covered by insurance. Entercom said that "the claims, which were settled in October 2009, were fully covered by the company's insurance policies. In connection with the settled claim, Entercom More

Krinik Takes PD Post at KBWF-FM/San Francisco Capitol Records/Nashville West Coast Rep Mike Krinik will make a return to radio as Program Director of Entercom's KBWF-FM (95.7 The Wolf)/San Francisco. He previously programmed WGGY-FM/Wilkes Barre, PA, before taking the Capitol slot some 5 years ago. Krinik replaces Scott Mahalick, who is now PD of Alpha Broadcasting's More

CBS Radio Tops Ando Media's Internet Audio Top 20 CBS Radio tops Ando Media's monthly Internet Audio Top 20, consisting of May through September, 2009. The media giant's interactive division saw 214,181 average active sessions, 35.4 million session starts and an average time spent listening share of 1.8. Following close behind was Citadel at #4 with 3.3 million session starts More

Mike Preston Appointed KKWF (The Wolf)/Seattle PD Entercom/Seattle appoints 25-year programming vet Mike Preston as Program Director of Country KKWF-FM (100.7 The Wolf), effective November 9. He comes from CBS Radio with over eleven years as a senior programmer in Seattle and San Francisco. His past programming stints include VP/Programming of KCBS-AM, KMVQ-FM, and KLLC-FM/San More

Entercom Q3 Net Revenues Down 14%, Earnings Rise Entercom posted a 14% decline in net revenues for the third quarter to $99.8 million from $115.5 million in 2008. Station operating income (SOI) dropped 23% to $34.2 million from $44.2 million. EBITDA decreased 25% to $29.7 million. Net earnings rose to 18.2 million from $4.2 million. Net income per share grew from 12 cents to More

Jurors Award $16.6M in Damages to Strange Family Jurors in the wrongful death suit against Entercom and KDND-FM in Sacramento have awarded a whopping $16.6 million to the family of Jennifer Strange. Strange, 28, died nearly three years ago after finishing second in 107.9 The End's "Hold Your Wee For a Wii," the now infamous bladder buster stunt put together by the Morning More

Miami Dolphins Name Radio Vet Rushton as SVP The Miami Dolphins name Jim Rushton as Senior VP/Corporate Partnerships and Integrated Media, effective November 9. He joins the NFL franchise from Entercom where he served as VP/Sports Sales and Marketing for the entire company. Prior to that, Rushton was Entercom's New England VP/Director of Sales. Additionally, he was More

Forecast: $250 Million in Political for Radio in 2010 Wells Fargo senior analyst Marci Ryvicker is forecasting that 2010 political advertising figures will reach $3.3 billion, up 11% over 2008. She says that $2.1 billion will be allocated to broadcast television (67% rise) and $250 million allocated to terrestrial radio (8% gain). Issue advertising could approach $1 billion in More

Royce Loses Escrow Appeal in Entercom/KWOD Case Yet another court ruling has come down in the long running saga of Royce International vs. Entercom over the sale of KWOD-FM/Sacramento. The latest appeal by Royce concerns a post-judgment order terminating the escrow account containing $25 million that Entercom deposited towards the purchase price. Royce contends the More

KDND/Sacramento Wrongful-Death Suit Goes to Jury Both sides in the wrongful death suit against Entercom and KDND-FM in Sacramento presented closing arguments on Thursday. Strange, 28, died of water intoxication in January, 2007, after finishing second in KDND (107.9 The End)'s "Hold Your Wee For a Wii," the now infamous bladder buster stunt put together by the Morning Rave. More

Attorney: KDND's Wii Contest Not Entercom's Fault An attorney for Entercom and KDND-FM/Sacramento told the jury Thursday that Jennifer Strange's death was not foreseeable during its bladder buster contest and that his clients should not be held liable. But defense attorney Donald W. Carlson told the seven-man, five-woman jury that if they do find either party at fault, that it More

$24-$34M Sought in Entercom Wrongful-Death Suit Lawyers in the wrongful death suit against Entercom and KDND-FM/Sacramento, asked the jury Tuesday to award between $24.62 million and $34.45 million for the loss of the love, comfort and support of Jennifer Strange. Attorney Roger Dreyer also asked the jurors to award Strange's older son, Keegan Sims, another $1.88 million in More

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