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Ken McGrail has been named the new Director of Underwriting at Martha's Vineyard-based WMVY 88.7 FM. 

Sun Broadcast Group checks in to let us know their nationally syndicated weekend show Country Fried Mix is now five years old. The show was launched back in 2014 by host DJ Sinister and music producer Charlie Pennachio.

Regarding the wind-down of NextRadio and TagStation, CEO Jeff Smulyan confirmed 35 employees were terminated and $1.2 million in severance was paid out. And the company lost $8.4 million on NextRadio and TagStation between November 1, 2017 and November 30, 2018.

Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan said, during his Q3 earnings call, that when he has this call a year from now we'll all be looking at a different company. Why? Because Emmis has almost no debt.

Canton, Ohio’s Oldies/Classic Hits station AM 1310 WDPN Radio, will add midday programming starting January 14, becoming the latest affiliate of The John Tesh Radio Show and his “Intelligence For Your Life” brand.

iHeart’s 106.1 The Breeze in Philadelphia is the latest station to pick up the ubiquitous Delilah. Philly listeners will be able to catch her show Monday through Saturday, 7 p.m. to midnight ET.

Smulyan sounded more optimistic than he has in many months regarding radio revenue. Not only was Emmis' recent quarter (September, October, and November) up nearly 5%, the months ahead are looking strong as well.

Former radio PD Gator Michaels has been promoted to the position of President of Reviver Records.

(By Buzz Knight) CES is always deep in major announcements from big brands and today we focus on a revolutionary development in the automotive space.

The winners were unveiled at CES Thursday. The purpose of the Hackathon is to generate potential commercial products and services utilizing existing media technology, data, and infrastructure, as well as to conceptualize the kinds of transformative, disruptive technologies that will become mainstream in the next 20 years.