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Cox Media Group has appointed Kris Hackett as Director of Sales for its cluster in Atlanta. Hackett has been GSM with CMG Atlanta since 2013.

SiriusXM is launching a new channel dedicated comedy legend Lucille Ball. 'Lucille Ball: Let's Talk to Lucy' is named after her 1960s CBS Radio show, featuring interviews with some of the biggest stars of the Hollywood Golden Era.

The director of Wisconsin Public Media, Gene Purcell, has died as a result of a traffic crash in Madison. He succumbed to injuries sustained in the crash over the weekend. He was 61.

Rich Eisen’s role on Westwood One for Monday Night Football will to include pregame and halftime hosting duties. Eisen currently hosts a daily show on the network and two podcast on the Cumulus Podcast network.

The Pittsburgh Steelers Radio Network broadcast team is changing for the upcoming season. Sideline analyst Craig Wolfley is taking over as Color Analyst.

Brian Spieker is the new Regional Engineer for NRG's Wisconsin Markets. NRG Media owns and operates ten stations in the market.

Cumulus/Westwood One Chief Insights Officer Pierre Bouvard, one of radio's biggest cheerleaders, breaks down the latest Share of Ear data from Edison Research. The data shows that Pandora and Spotify's ad-supported audiences have decreased significantly while radio's remains robust.

Tom Brady and Larry Fitzgerald will host Let’s Go! a weekly show on SiriusXM. They'll join Jim Gray to discuss what’s going on in the NFL. The one-hour show will air every Monday at 6 p.m. starting Sept. 6 on SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio (channel 82).

Home improvements proved staying power for Lowe’s. For a second week, Lowe’s tops the Media Monitors National Radio list.

Bloomberg Black Business Beat has launched on 20 stations across the U.S. The specialty feature is created by Bloomberg Radio and distributed by Key Networks.