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Visotcky is the new Market Manager for the company's Charleston seven-station cluster. Visotcky started his radio career with WVRC while still a student at West Virginia University in 1979. He comes to Charleston from San Diego where he revamped sales for the Padres Radio Network and led a staff of ten multi-media sellers this past season.

(By Roy Williams) It’s in our nature to seek reinforcement of our preferences. We cling to the familiar and want more of the same. Until we grow tired of it. Repetition deepens perception, but with it comes predictability and cliché. Do you want to never grow old?

Understandably, neither Randy Michaels nor Walter Sabo was available for comment yesterday. It wasn't a banner day for the two men who claimed a new format was going to take the industry by storm. Merlin Media made a big splash in the Windy City about a year ago with big investor money, a rare new radio idea, and a lot of excitement built around a staff of news gatherers hoping to be part of something transformative. Yesterday, that all came crashing down.

Nominations are now being accepted for Radio Ink's Best Country Program Directors list. Make your nomination today HERE. The deadline to nominate is Friday, November 6 at 5 p.m.