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The client was the Southeast Michigan Ford Dealers Association which piloted a campaign on the smart speaker. When Detroit listeners asked their smart speaker to play one of Cumulus' local radio stations, a 15-second pre-roll ad ran before the station began.

Babbel remains at the top of the Media Monitors list of national advertisers. Babbel aired 67,652 commercials on radio stations all across the country to remain in the top spot.

CBS News Radio will have extensive coverage of Wednesday's inaugural ceremonies and other events surrounding the occasion. The network will offer long form anchored coverage, short form special reports, and LIVE feeds of events throughout Washington, DC, along with expanded reporters’ packages, analysts,and sound bites for stations.

Yesterday we published an opinion piece from Hubbard Radio CEO Ginny Morris, who shared her thoughts on the First Amendment, which has been discussed quite a bit lately in heated political debates. Today we're publishing the column again which includes very passionate comments from our readers.

As of March 1st Taja Graham (pictured) will take over as Market President for Emmis in Indianapolis following the announcement that Bob Richards will be leaving to pursue other interests. Richards has been with Emmis for 11 years. Graham is currently Vice President of Sales.

The Chicago news station has promoted Nick Gale to News Director. Gale will continue in his role as News Anchor for Morning Drive, a position he's held since 2020. He replaces John Dempsey who retired at the end of 2020.

When the Browns lost to the Chiefs in the NFL playoffs last weekend, WGAR (iHeartMedia) Cleveland's Wazz & Carletta lost a bet with Mike & Jenny at Q104 (Steel City Media) in Kansas City. Wazz & Carletta promised to take the polar plunge in frigid Lake Erie if their team lost. Watch them pay off the bet HERE. 

Entercom has signed a new multiyear contract extensions with Mercedes Martinez and JC Fernandez who host mornings on Mix 94.1 (KMXB-FM) in Las Vegas. The length of the new deal was not made public.

Imaging and voiceover company Benztown has hired Jeff Kelly as West Coast Commercial Production Director. Kelly comes to Benztown from iHeart in Albuquerque   where he was Production Director.

As part of this years virtual CRS organizers are looking for videos of participants memories from past events. Throwback Thursday Virtual Hang is set for February 18.