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Callard begins work in the position of Chief Legal Officer on January 22. He succeeds Eric J. Dale, who has served in the role since 2015 and resigned to pursue an opportunity outside of the company.

The Washington Times reports that a restaurant syndicated host Michael Savage frequents received a threatening e-mail demanding they deny the host service. Authorities are investigating. Savage decided not to go to that location and is taking the threat seriously.

The Dave Ramsey Show, which airs on more than 600 stations across the country, is being recognized by Apple as the fifth most-downloaded podcast of 2018. Ramsey Media Senior Vice President Brian Mayfield says those numbers are significant.

Hetal Patel has been named Executive Vice President of iHeart's SmartAudio Intelligence Insights. Patel will report to Brian Kaminsky, President of SmartAudio and Analytics Group for iHeartMedia.

Her full title is Vice President/General Manager Neuhoff Media-Decatur. Byerly has been serving as the Associate General Manager/DOS of the five-station and digital group.

Robby Bridges has joined Townsquare Media as Operations Manager for their Portsmouth, NH, cluster. He will directly oversee Country WOKQ and WPKQ (103.7 The Peak, Portland, Maine) as Brand Manager, and co-host afternoons on Classic Hits WSHK-FM.

United Stations Radio Networks have announced that the weekend show The Acoustic Storm will be continuing to be produced and broadcast into its 21st year on the air despite the untimely death of its creator, Jeff Parets. 

It's a big question. Not only is attending the massive Consumer Electronics Show expensive, it takes valuable time away from the station, right at the start of a new year. CES kicks off Tuesday and runs through Friday in Las Vegas.

That's according to new data released by Kagan. M&A volume reached $4.31 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018, most of it coming on the TV side. Radio deals accounted for $198.7 million, TV $4.11 billion in Q4.

Drive Time Metrics has been issued a patent which relates to the collection, measurement and analysis of in-vehicle media usage data. Company Director and Product Manager Rob Favre said, "The radio industry will now have measurement at scale allowing more accuracy and deeper insights."