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HeartMedia's Denver-based sports station KOA (850 AM, 94.1 FM) is moving Ryan Edwards from its evening time slot to the afternoon drive program KOA Sports Zoo. Edwards is joined by co-hosts Dave Logan and Alfred Williams, and will cover all things Denver sports.

SiriusXM says it has hired Suzi Watford to serve as the company's newest senior vice president in the role of chief growth officer. Watford will be in charge of driving SiriusXM's enterprise-level growth strategy; she will report to Joe Verbrugge, SiriusXM's chief commercial officer.

Progressive aired 53,072 commercials on radio stations across the country last week, according to the latest report from Media Monitors. Lowe's came in second with 46,825.

Renée Castle is joining Cumulus Memphis country station WGXK (105.9 FM, Kix 106) and its morning show, Mornings with Latty. Castle was previously the evening on-air host at Beasley's WKLB (102.5 FM) in Boston.

Cumulus Media is moving some talent around at a pair of its Tucson radio stations. Bobbi Pereyda will move from mid-days on KSZR (97.5 FM, The Vibe) to the mid-day slot at sister-station KIIM (95.5 FM). Krystal Pino will move from the mid-day slot at KIIM to the mid-day slot at KSZR.

SiriusXM and the National Hockey League have extended an agreement that will keep coverage of NHL games on the satellite and streaming radio platform through the 2028-2029 season.

According to a new report released today from The Center for Sales Strategy, the hardest part of a sales managers job is recruiting new talent. CSS conducted two online surveys in Q4 of 2022 which included just under 300 sales managers and account executives.

Ohio’s largest independent, publicly supported media organization, Ideastream Public Media, has teamed up with Evergreen Podcasts to produce a new journalistic podcast series, Living for We. TRAILER

PodPros has launched new software for podcasters called PodLottery. The company says the free software will help podcasters "win integrity-based Apple reviews for their podcasts from other podcasters in a daily lottery-style drawing."

Alec Drake, the president of the Drake Media Group and a regular Radio Ink contributor, is launching phase one of the Radio Invigoration Project to support local radio sales. The initiative launches this week with a dedicated LinkedIn Group.