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iHM/New York Region President Scott Hopeck to Exit
Scott Hopeck
Scott Hopeck
iHeartMedia/New York Region President Scott Hopeck will exit after nearly 20 years to pursue another opportunity. He's headed the New York region since 2015 and previously had oversight of the company's cluster of stations in Phoenix. Before that, Hopeck was SVP of Sales in Atlanta. Hopeck joined iHM's More

BFoA Launches Social Media Campaign ''12 Days of Giving''
Broadcasters Foundation of America
Broadcasters Foundation of America
The Broadcasters Foundation of America is launching a social media campaign on Monday, December 11 with "12 Days of Giving." Each day will feature a different message, ranging from thank you notes from grant recipients to positive statements about radio, television, and charitable giving. "We need to More

WGTS-FM/Washington DC Collects Toys for Tots
WGTS collects Toys for Tots
WGTS collects Toys for Tots
WGTS/Washington, DC is teaming with the United States Marine Corps and DC ABC affiliate 7 News to collect toys for kids. All three groups joined together at the Iwo Jima Memorial to host one of the largest toy drives in the region. For six hours, listeners and community members More

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Spanish Broadcasting President/COO Albert Rodriguez Resigns
Albert Rodriguez
Albert Rodriguez
In a surprise announcement during the company's third quarter earnings call on Thursday, Albert Rodriguez said he is stepping down as President & COO of Spanish Broadcasting System. Rodriguez was named COO in May, 2012, and then President in 2021, after serving as Chief Revenue Officer for the company's More

Robert Dove Appointed Alpha Media Portland Market Manager
Robert Dove
Robert Dove
Robert Dove is appointed Market Manager for Alpha Media in Portland, OR. Dove is a former iHeartMedia Regional President and replaces Lisa Decker, who has announced her retirement after leading the cluster for the past seven years. Most recently, Dove worked as the Managing Partner at a Portland advertising More

Podtrac Issues the Top Podcasts for November 2023
Podtrac
Podtrac
Podtrac has issued the top podcast publishers, top sales networks and top podcasts rankings for November. U.S. UMA increased or was flat for three of the Top 20 publishers in November, 2023 over October. The average U.S. Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 20 publishers was down 3% month-over-month and down More

Affiliate Sales Pro Tim McDonald Announces Retirement
Tim McDonald
Tim McDonald
Benztown announces that Tim McDonald, a veteran affiliate sales professional, will retire from radio at year-end after a 40-year career. He joined Benztown in 2019 as a member of its Affiliate Sales team. McDonald started his career in affiliate sales in 1983 at Westwood One in Culver City, CA selling long More

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$12B Projected in 2024 for Local Healthcare Advertising
BIA Advisory Services
BIA Advisory Services
A healthcare survey by BIA Advisory Services and SalesFuel reveals that healthcare marketers will spend more than $12 billion in local advertising in 2024. Hospitals and offices of physicians, dentists and chiropractors are top spenders with direct mail, PC/Laptop and TV OTA the media channels getting the More

WKSJ/Mobile-Pensacola Radio Icon Bill Black to Retire
WKSJ-FM/Mobile
WKSJ-FM/Mobile
iHeartMedia New Country KSJ/Mobile-Pensacola announces the retirement of Bill Black. His last day on-air will be January 30, 2024. Black's career began in 1978 and he has been intricate to the fabric of 95 KSJ since 1992. He spent most of his time in middays, including the past three More

Westwood One Presents Coverage of 124th Army-Navy Game
Westwood One
Westwood One
Westwood One will present national audio coverage of the Army-Navy Football Game presented by USAA. One of college football's most legendary rivalries, this year's game will be broadcast live from Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA, on Saturday, December 9 at 2pm ET. John Sadak (play-by-play), Ross Tucker More

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Podbean Presents Event on Leveraging Podcast AI Tools
Podbean
Podbean
Podbean has announced an upcoming virtual event that for podcasters: "Revitalize Your Podcast in the New Year: AI Podcasting Tools." On December 12, Podbean will collaborate with James Cridland, a Radio Futurologist and Editor of Podnews, to unlock the potential of AI in podcasting. More

Foxy 106.9/St. Louis Names Don ''DJ Wrekk-1'' Williams as PD
Don ''DJ Wrekk-1'' Williams
Don ''DJ Wrekk-1'' Williams
K295CQ (Foxy 106.9 FM)/St. Louis appoints radio personality Don "DJ Wrekk-1" Williams as the station's Program Director. With previous programming experience at stations such as WMBX (X102.3) in West Palm Beach, FL and WHHH in Indianapolis, along with St. Louis, Williams returns to where it all began, ready More

Dan Bongino Inks Contract Extension with Westwood One
Dan Bongino
Dan Bongino
Westwood One inks a contract extension with Dan Bongino to continue hosting both his syndicated program "The Dan Bongino Show" on Westwood One and his podcasts, including the podcast "The Dan Bongino Show" on the Cumulus Podcast Network for multiple years. Westwood One launched "The Dan Bongino Show" on More

Chris Brunt Joins Jacobs Media and jacapps as Dir./D&RG
Chris Brunt
Chris Brunt
Jacobs Media and jacapps taps Chris Brunt join their teams as Director of Digital and Revenue Generation. He has deep experience in radio programming, digital content creation and served as the Digital Sales Manager at Beasley Media in Detroit. During his time at Beasley (and prior to that, Greater Media More

iHeartMedia Closes on Four in Atlantic City from Equity
iHeartMedia
iHeartMedia
iHeartMedia has closed on its previously announced acquistion of four stations in Atlantic City, NJ from Equity Communications. Included in the deal were Hot AC WAYV-FM (95.1) in Atlantic City, Classic Rock WZXL-FM (100.7) in Wildwood, CHR WZBZ (99.3) in Pleasantville and Urban AC WTTH-FM (96.1) in Margate More

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