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Utah Public Radio has named Frank Mueller its new Station Manager, following Kerry Bringhurst and Tom Williams. Mueller joins UPR from his most recent public radio role as Director of Programming and Broadcast Operations at Penn State's WPSU.

(By Deborah Parenti) Last month, I was prompted by a series of current events to pen a blog for our daily newsletter about the art, or perhaps the lost art, of communication.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau has released the organization’s first-ever buyer’s guide for podcast advertising, which provides insights into audience demographics, listener behaviors, creative treatments, ad formats, delivery and targeting, and ad effectiveness measurement. Recent IAB research conducted by PwC forecasts that podcast advertising revenues will top $220 million in 2017, an 85 percent leap from $119 million in 2016.

TelevisaUnivision, the world's largest producer of Spanish-language audio and video content, posted impressive financial results for the third quarter of 2023. The earnings report comes despite the company not being publicly traded.

The new weekday on-air line-up that launched Monday on KCMO FM 103.7 and AM 710 in Kansas City includes Tom Becka from 10 a.m. to Noon. Becka returns to Kansas City having worked at one time for KMBZ. Most recently, he hosted shows on Omaha talk radio stations KOIL and KFAB.

I’ll make this one short. If you haven’t heard the news, here’s what I tell clients now. Social media is important. Absolutely. However, it is micro. That doesn’t mean it isn’t important. It’s personal.

John Fullam was running the Greater Media cluster for Philadelphia, where Beasley had three AM stations before the Greater Media deal. Fullam is staying on until the end of the year to help with a smooth transition to another manager. No word yet from Beasley on who that new manager might be. Fullam was in Philadelphia for 12 years.

Black Diamond Broadcasting has named their selection for the newly created Director of Business Development position. Shannone Dunlap, whose first day is November 1, spent the last decade as the General Manager of Alpha Media in Saginaw, Michigan.

100.7 The Bay (WZBA) Baltimore welcomed Steve Huber to the morning drive. He has been with the station since 2017 as PD and afternoon drive host.

Triton Digital has launched a new Podcast Metrics Industry Feature Set, expanding its analytics platform with industry-level benchmarks and market insights. The new features provide publishers with visibility into performance across the top 20 podcast markets worldwide.