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Country Radio Broadcasters will present the year’s first installment of its CRS360 webinar series on Tuesday, March 17, at 1 p.m. (CDT), with an episode titled, “CRS Research Presentation: Do You Know Your Listeners As Well As You Think You Do? A Closer Look.”

Kimmie Caruba is joining KDDB-FM/Waipahu, Hawaii, (102.7 Da Bomb) as morning show co-host with Keola Lui-Kwan on The Keola Show.

Westwood One and Google will collaborate once again to integrate Westwood One’s live NCAA “March Madness” programming directly on smart devices with the Google Assistant, beginning on Selection Sunday, March 15.

Disgracedland has returned for its fifth season with a two-part episode on legendary rock band Guns N’ Roses. Part 1 will be distributed through the iHeartPodcast Network beginning March 10.

Abrams is calling the consultancy MediaVisions and he says the focus will be a new radio format. "Complete reimagination of video content, news and information."

Back in January we reported that KGAF in Gainesville, Texas was denied specialized license plates for a new station van. The department of Motor Vehicles claimed that KGAF was insensitive, with some believing the letters stood for "Give A F*&K."

Weber, one of the last remaining WLS originals, died at the age of 89 last weekend from cancer. After years at WLS, Weber worked at WIND and WMAQ. (Picture courtesy Art Vuolo.)

And they want the FCC to get out of their way. Twenty-five AM broadcasters have submitted comments to the FCC regarding proposed rule changes that would make it easier for AM signals to be broadcast in HD. Here are the highlights from their letter...

Larry Stone is the owner of Stonecom Communications. The company owns four stations and two translators in the city of Cookeville, TN. Stone and his team were extremely close to the exact location where the recent tornado touched down killing over 20 people. We spoke to Stone about how his team sprung into action to help their community. 

Entravision has appointed Bernice Lopez Smith to Senior Vice President and Debbie Flores to Vice President of Integrated Marketing Solutions. Both executives will be based in McAllen, TX.