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Max Media's River Radio says it has hired Missouri native Whitney Thomas to serve as the morning show host at Cape Giradeau's country station KEZS (102.9 FM, K103). She takes over the morning time slot from Kent Crider, who hosted at the station for two decades.

Audience.io says Beasley Media Group is its newest client, with the company using Audience.io's tools to grow its digital audience and create new revenue opportunities. The partnership will allow Beasley to better tap into local and national digital advertisers.

iHeartMedia has announced a slate of new voice assistant and automotive integrations for its free iHeartRadio app. The initiatives include several partnerships to integrate iHeartRadio content onto in-dash infotainment displays as well as one to build out an iHeart-specific voice-powered smart assistant.

Cumulus has appointed Darlene Park as Vice President of its station cluster in Indianapolis. Park joins Cumulus from Denver, where she worked as the D.O.S. for Bonneville's stations there; she also serves on RAB's Sales Advisory Committee.

Beasley Media Group has appointed digital program director "Cody" Blaine Jackson as the newest morning co-host at Augusta's WKXC (99.5 FM, Kicks 99). Jackson joins Bryan "Dub" Axelson on the morning show.

The Georgia Association of Broadcasters has announced its list of Hall of Famers for 2023. Play-by-play announcer Al Ciraldo, WSB morning host Scott Slade, Audacy's Atlanta market manager Rick Caffey and GPR operations manager Tom Barclay were among those honored.

According to Axios, the deal is with Rumble and the podcast will be called Triggered with Don Jr, which is the name of his 2019 book. Axios reports that the live show will air twice per week beginning the week of January 23rd.

(By Buzz Knight) Once again, industries of all type descend upon Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. For some it’s just a getaway to satisfy a gambling itch, and for others it’s to satisfy the curiosity itch.

Woodward Communications has relaunched its Green Bay adult contemporary station WKZG with an alternative rock format. The station, which now carries the call letters WFZZ (104.3 FM), stunted with a playlist consisting solely of parody songs from "Weird Al" Yankovic.

The station's Facebook page showed video of the fire with the caption, "Our transmitter caught fire today. THIS IS NOT A STUNT. An investigation is underway. Any ideas on the culprit?"