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Things are heating up in Vegas and iHeartMedia’s 93.1 The Mountain in Sin City extends a warm welcome to AD Rowntree as morning drive host and Assistant PD. Rowntree joins the Las Vegas market from ROCK 105.3 in San Diego.

Chris Daugherty has been named Assistant Program Director and Music Director at Beasley's HD983 in Augusta. He'll also host afternoon drive.

(Randy Lane) I used to try listening to Howard Stern during my ten-minute morning commute, but because of his egregiously long commercial breaks, I rarely heard his voice. Those days are over, but discussions over stop set lengths are not. In fact, they are heating up.

48 hours before reporting second quarter earnings to Wall Street, Entercom CEO David Field updated employees on the business climate as the country continues to struggle through the COVID-19 crisis.

(By Ronald Robinson) Seeking out new talent is never executed as a reconnaissance-in-force. Rather, it is about accepting the shortest straw, going through the motions, and retreating with a couple of names of on-air talent who just might not screw everything up. There is also an overtly accepted presumption that modern radio managers could even recognize potential talent when they heard it.

Former Saga VP of Programming is hired by New South Radio to run the company's six stations in Jackson Mississippi. Lawrence fills the position for the departing Gwen Rakestraw who's retiring after two decades.

Westwood One's has announced its list of holiday specials, hosted by a stellar lineup of artists. This year, the yuletide festivities commence with a side of turkey first -- A Thanksgiving Weekend Celebration with Chris Young -- a four-hour country music special available to stations Thursday, November 23 – Sunday, November 26, between 6 a.m. and 12 midnight.

(By Loyd Ford) When you take money from an employer today, you are really signing on to help the company reach goals. These are their goals. That’s your job. The benefit might seem to be the pay only, but your work should offer you more benefit than just money.

Kristin Okesson is the SVP of Connoisseur Media and is responsible for managing Connoisseur’s entire Connecticut operations, which cover the Bridgeport, New Haven, and Stamford/Norwalk markets. Kristin fills us in on the coronavirus situation in Connecticut and how her cluster is covering it.

(By Rick Fink) It just might be the most overlooked step in the advertising sales process. Missing it can make the road to future sales extremely difficult. Getting it right can set you up for a beautiful, trusting, lifelong relationship with your clients.