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Audacy CEO David Field announced Friday that Chief Programming Officer Pat Paxton is leaving the company. Paxton has been with the company for 21 years. Jeff Sottolano (pictured) has been promoted to Head of Programming. Sottolano has spent his entire career at Audacy, Entercom and CBS Radio.

Michael Burger is the new Senior Vice President of Sales for iHeartMedia Raleigh. Burger comes over from iHeartMedia St. Louis where he was Vice President of Sales.

DLC Media has filed an application with the FCC to sell WVIG 95.9 to Educational Media Foundation. The sale of the station will leave DLC with four Terre Haute area radio stations with some programming and format changes.

(By Ed Ryan) Since our story about Cumulus mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for employees ran yesterday, we've heard from quite a few industry executives about the issue. Like the debate going on nationally, we heard varying, passionate and some angry opinions one way or the other. And they were all "off-the-record."

50 State Broadcasters Associations have sent a letter to leaders of Congress asking them to support the reinstatement of the Diversity Tax Certificate Program. The Associations say both H.R. 4871 and S. 2456 would encourage investment in TV and radio broadcast station ownership for women and people of color. Read the letter HERE.

Lisa Ballance is the new Senior Vice President of Sales for iHeartMedia Huntsville. Lisa most recently served as VP Sales for iHeartMedia St. Louis.

WWJ Newsradio 950 (WWJ-AM) Detroit has made some changes. The changes cover morning and afternoon drive on the Audacy station.

Crooked Media's daily news show, 'What A Day' will have a new lineup of rotating co-hosts. Three more co-hosts have been added to the rotation to share the microphone with Gideon Resnick.

iHeartMedia Chairman/CEO Bob Pittman looks at what Hip-Hop and start-up founders have in common. Pittman hosts Ben Horowitz the co-founder and general partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

Music Blocks is a music appreciation podcast developed in consultation with Colorado music educators. The program is the newest project from Colorado Public Radio's Audio Innovations Studio.