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Pacific Media Group is buying ʻOhana Broadcasting Company's four Honolulu radio stations (KDDB-FM, KUMU-FM, KQMQ-FM, and KPOI-FM). Once this sale closes, Pacific Media Group will own a total of 20 radio stations.

Skyview Network has added the OutKick Sports talk network to its portfolio. Skyview is going to provide distribution services and serve as the exclusive affiliate and radio network sales partner for OutKick.

"Radio in cars should not just be easy to find, it must be impossible to miss." Those are the words in a joint statement led by UNESCO on World Radio Day, addressing the recent moves by some carmakers to remove AM radio from electric vehicles in the US and abroad.

Candy Cintron has been named to the role of Program Director for El Zol 107.9 (WLZL-FM) in Washington, DC. She previously held the roles of Assistant Program Director and morning show Producer for the station since 2015.

The former News/Talk/Sports Editor for the defunct Radio & Records, Al Peterson has died. In a Facebook post the family said he died “A little over a week ago. Not from COVID”. He was 68.

PepsiCo's Rockstar Energy has partnered with Spotify to launch a new global platform called Press Play in Europe and the Middle East. The platform will kick off with an in-app concert experience on Spotify and aims to connect the digital and physical worlds.

Jason Courtemanche is the new Director of Sales for the Alpha West Palm cluster. Courtemanche was previously VP of Sales for Cumulus Media in Los Angeles and iHeart in Chicago. Prior to that, he was Sales Manager for WBBM in Chicago. Courtemanche also served as GSM for Clear Channel in San Diego and Las Vegas.

Pacific Media Group CEO Chuck Bergson has 20 stations, all in Hawaii, which is dependent on tourism. Chuck tells us he's working through the coronavirus crisis with ad revenue down 60%. LISTEN

(By Loyd Ford) Lucky you. It’s time to recruit millennial sellers. Past time for radio. So, buckle up. You might already be asking, “How do I effectively and successfully recruit millennials?” After all, it’s selling (hard) and it is radio (considered old school).

Two years after leaving Westwood One to work at a chemical solutions company, Brian Switzer is back with Westwood One. Switzer joins the company as VP/GM for Music & Entertainment -- Country, overseeing the marketing and operations of all owned and represented Country shows.