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Twin Cities radio vet Dana Wessel is the new Executive Producer for 93X/KXXR-FM’s Half-Assed Morning Show. He comes over from KQGO where he co-hosted mornings with Ben Holsen before COVID cuts in July 2020.

Victor Giacomelli has been named Managing Director, Advertising and Research for SoCast. He will help clients using the SoCast Ads revenue platform. 

Townsquare Media has completed the repurchased of Oaktree Capital Management's 12.6 million shares and warrants of the Company at $6.40 per security and has retired those securities.

From on-air to sports to news and promotions, the best college radio stations in the United States were crowned this past weekend. The winners were announced at the 81st Annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference on Saturday. Here's the list of winners for 2021.

ASCAP continued its record-breaking revenue streak, collecting more than $1.327 billion in 2020, a $53 million increase over 2019. It marked the sixth consecutive year ASCAP grew its revenue.

Podcorn is a podcasting marketplace that connects advertisers with podcast creators. Entercom is paying $22.5 million for Podcorn, $14.6 million upfront and a performance-based earnout over three years.

Clear Media Network has hired two veteran programmers; Smokey Rivers (left) and Tom Calococci. Rivers will be consulting and programming the Adult Contemporary and Oldies formats. Calococci will consult and program Clear's Classic Hits format.

The Public Theater and WNYC Studios will debut the bilingual audio adaptation of Romeo y Julieta Thursday, March 18.

In another teaser promoting the Thursday 2PM Eastern Infinite Dial webinar, Edison Research says smart speaker ownership is up 22% over 2020. And, those that work from home are even more likely to own a device. Get all the details and some much-needed humor from Tom Webster and John Rosso by registering HERE.

The NCAA college basketball tournament is about to begin. Before you start running a promotion about the tournament you may want to read David Oxenford's latest column about how the NCAA will hunt you down if you use their terms and logos. READ IT