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GBH News has named Jamie Bologna executive producer of Boston Public Radio. Bologna joins GBH from WBUR, where he was the senior producer and studio director of Radio Boston.

Tiffany Hanssen and Herb Pinder are joining WNYC. Hanssen will be a weekend host and board operator; Pinder will be a news editor. 

Community radio station WOMR has a new board and some new members for the new year. Incoming board members include Fred Boak, Indira Ganesan, Sarah Burrill, and Janice Roderick.

BIA Advisory Services has increased its total 2022 U.S. Local Advertising Forecast estimate to $173.3 billion, from its earlier estimate of $161.5 billion issued late summer. BIA expects radio to come in at $12.79 billion this year and increase to $13.54 billion in 2022.

In a joint letter to radio stations, the Radio Music Licensing Committee and Global Music Rights have let radio stations know that they are close to hammering out a licensing deal to settle the long-running RMLC-GMR lawsuits.

This one in Albuquerque where KABQ-AM will become FOX Sports 1350 AM on Monday, January 3. Earlier this month iHeart flipped an all podcast format in Allentown to Oldies.

Audacy names Cisco Cotto morning drive anchor for WBBM Newsradio as of January 3rd. Cotto originally joined the station as a street reporter and fill-in anchor, later moving to midday anchoring and host of the WBBM noon business hour. He succeeds Pat Cassidy, who recently announced his retirement.

With $62 million in revenue in 2020, Hubbard Radio's WTOP in Washington, DC was by far the top billing radio station in 2020, according to new data from BIA Advisory Services. iHeartMedia's KIIS-FM in Los Angeles was next at $38.9 million.

On Monday Salem Media Group announced that CEO Ed Atsinger will transition to the role of Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors as of January 1st. David Santrella, who's on the December cover of Radio Ink Magazine, will become the new CEO.

(By Buzz Knight) Kudos to the industry for the amazing holiday work on behalf of local charities. The amount of good will is staggering that all of the radio companies are generating to round out the year.