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Sam Nein spent the last seven years as the Tampa Area President for iHeartMedia prior to his exit in January. On Thursday Nein announced he's accepted a position as the President of Maus Media Group and President of Power Play Media. Maus and Power Play are advertising consulting firms.

Beginning Monday, August 27, Alpha Media Portland’s WE 96.3 (KWEE) will air the Dana Cortez Show from 6 until 10 a.m. Cortez will lead the new morning program making her one of radio’s first Latinas to host a morning drive program.

Veteran broadcast host Patrick Johnson will return to his roots, August 25, as the lead local host on 94.3 The Game in Greenville. Johnson started his career in Greenville as an East Carolina University student and since has had an impressive career in radio.

News-Talk 1480 WHBC-AM and Mix 94.1 (WHBC-FM) in Canton, along with AultCare, raised $213,946 for Wishes Can Happen, Inc. News-Talk 1480 WHBC, and Mix 94.1 broadcast live August 9-10 for 36 hours in the parking lot at Springbrook Plaza.

Wendy Williams will receive the NAB Show New York Impact Award on Thursday, October 18, during the 2018 NAB Show New York. The NAB Show New York Impact Award honors the most innovative leaders in media and entertainment for their impact and influence on the overall industry, as well as in the city of New York.

It was back in 2013 that Carl Parmer started SummitMedia when Cox Media Group sold him 24 stations in Birmingham, Greenville S.C., Hawaii, Louisville, and Richmond. The former Heftel executive added Tuscaloosa along the way and has been biding his time, waiting to grow the company even larger ever since.

The Fort Wayne station posted the news that morning man Charly Butcher passed away Wednesday afternoon likely due to a cardiac event. A statement from the station says: "To say we are heart-broken would be an under-statement. We ask that everyone respect the privacy of his family during this challenging time. "

With the purchase of 19 Scripps stations, we checked in with BIA's Mark Fratrik who tells us the Scripps stations generated $35,675,000 in over-the-air advertising revenue in 2017. Add that to what BIA reports for SummitMedia ($54 million) and that increases Summit’s total to $89,775,00.

The Statesman is reporting that a pirate station serving as Jones’ Austin flagship has been taken off the air after the FCC hit the owners with a $15,000 fine. This week a lawsuit was filed in Austin accusing Liberty Radio of operating at 90.1 FM without a license since at least 2013. Religious programming is now airing on that frequency.

Following the ugly breakup with United States Traffic Network, Entercom continues to move forward with its own traffic plan, hiring radio veteran and former Univision Executive Lee Davis as Senior VP of Sales for its Traffic Weather and Information Network. Davis will oversee revenue for the network throughout the country.