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Jenna Kesneck, Director of Programming and Branding for WSUN Tampa and CMG Tampa Social Media Director, has been named Director of Branding and Programming for sister station Alternative WXXJ in Jacksonville. Kesneck has been the acting Director of Programming and Branding for WXXJ since last fall.  

The Kelly Osbourne and Jeff Beacher Show, hooks up the duo from Beacher’s Madhouse. The pair first teamed up when Beacher named Osbourne creative director of his vaudeville-inspired comedy nightlife experience in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Ktown Connects is hosted by lifelong Kenosha residents Donny Stancato and Jason Hedman. The program focuses on local businesses, well-known residents and historians in the Wisconsin city.

WUKS-FM is now an Urban AC format. The station was Urban Oldies. PD Kenny J: We're extremely excited to be able to bring an Urban AC format to Fayetteville. The New Smooth R&B and Old School 107.7 JAMZ will super-serve listeners looking for a real Urban AC station.” 

IHeartMedia and Fox are out with the nominees for the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards. The event is set for May 27.

KSL NewsRadio 102.7 is out with the second season premier of Cold. The program continues the season one series on the Joyce Lynn Yost cold case.

In the April issue of Radio Ink Magazine, mailing out to subscribers this week, we published our 2021 Top 20 Leaders List. Cromwell Media CEO Bud Walters was voted the number one leader in radio by his peers in the industry.

WMYX Milwaukee morning show co-host Elizabeth Kay is recovering after donating a kidney to her mother-in-law. Tuesday night Kay updated listeners on her recovery. She posted to Facebook that naps were her savior now, and her mother-in-law is doing amazingly well. Read more about her life-saving event HERE.

That's according to Podtrac which credits iHeartRadio's 560 shows with 257.4 million global downloads and streams during the month of March. NPR, with 47 shows, was second on the Podtrac chart with 186.9 million downloads and streams. Here are the Podtrac top ten for the month.

iHeartMedia has promoted Scott Hogle as its new Market President for Honolulu where the company has an8-station cluster. Hogle started his 30 year radio career at WXRI-FM in Norfolk. He most recently served as SVP of Sales for iHeart Honolulu.