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Eric Lauer has been named DOS for Entercom’s Milwaukee cluster, which includes KISS-FM (WXSS-FM), The Mix (WMYX-FM), and The Fan (WSSP). Prior to joining Entercom Milwaukee, Lauer held sales management roles with Cox in Florida and Georgia. Most recently, he was a GSM for Scripps Milwaukee.

FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks is a guest speaker at the 19th annual Power of Urban Radio Forum in Washington, D.C. this week.

About the wholesale changes and firings at KGO in San Francisco, Vice President/Market Manager Justin Wittmayer told his staff the company has set in motion new programming strategies for both KGO and KFOG. He says it will better meet the needs and demands of listeners, advertisers and the community

(By Rick Fink) If you’re a seasoned writer, you may not agree with this. However, if you are an untrained media rep or a new rep, writing a basic ad can be frightening and hard. Writing a good ad is even more difficult. And writing great ads takes a unique talent.

The company has announced that radio industry veteran Paul Shulins has been hired as Vice President Chief Technology Officer. Shulins served as Director of Technical Operations for Greater Media Boston for the past 28 years after starting his career as a Radio Chief Engineer

KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO, Los Angeles, won five Golden Mikes at the 66th annual awards dinner held Saturday evening in Universal City. The awards are presented annually for excellence in radio, TV, and Internet broadcast journalism

Imaging company Benztown is calling for entries for its seventh annual Iron Imager Contest, an international radio imaging contest where audio production professionals compete for the title of World’s Best Imager.

WQSU-FM, "The Pulse" at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania remains on the air, thanks to some fortunate timing and advanced technology. The 10,000 watt station in Selinsgrove, serves a nine county area in the center of the Keystone State.

Detroit afternoon drive host Mitch Albom of WJR (760 AM) helped raise more than $1.8 million for Detroit-area charities during a recent event. The Mitch Albom SAY Detroit Radiothon featured a 15-hour live broadcast from Somerset North’s Grand Court.

Not much information was available other than the news that WREC-AM Memphis PD Forrest Goodman has died. He was 48 years old. Goodman co-hosted Memphis Morning News with Tim Van Horn and for 20 years had pre and postgame duties for University of Memphis sports.