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Cumulus Media has appointed Roger McCoy as Program Director for Country radio station NASH FM 92.9/WLXX-FM in Lexington, KY. McCoy will also be on-air host on NASH FM 92.9 weekdays from 3-7 p.m. McCoy was most recently evening personality for iHeartMedia station 92.5 WESC-FM in Greenville, SC.

There are now three Country stations in the Denver market with the iHeart flip from Active Rock (which was moved to 107.9). The new station is called "106.7 The Bull, Colorado’s New Country station," which will try to compete with Bonneville Country powerhouse KYGO. Kroenke Sports & Entertainment owns 92.5 The Wolf in the Denver market.

Amazon.com ran 38,478 commercials on radio stations across America last week, according to Media Monitors. That was over three thousand more than GEICO, which took the second spot. Macy's jumped from 56th to third with 33,142 commercials. Walgreens was next airing 30,761, followed by JC Penney with 30,227.

New York City Country station NASH FM 94.7 (WNSH-FM) raised $113,638 for Children’s Miracle Network during its Miracle for the Kids live broadcast on Friday, December 15. Market Manager Chad Lopez said, “This year it was critical for everyone at NASH to hit a fundraising milestone and we’ve done it. I couldn’t be more grateful to each and every one of our listeners."

Seattle's 106.1 KISS FM (KBKS) raised $817,711.47 in just 13 hours on Wednesday, December 13, to bring its 15-year radiothon total to over $ 15.7 million dollars. Bender’s One Big KISS for Seattle Children’s Hospital Radiothon brought the stories of Children’s patients, families, staff, and volunteers to their listeners across the region who responded with generous donations.

Make-A-Wish – the global organization that grants life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses – has launched a new podcast miniseries, The Power of a Wish. The two-episode series highlights the impact of these wishes and the stories of the people who work to make a child’s wish a reality.

The Pac-12 Conference and SiriusXM announced a multiyear agreement to create the SiriusXM Pac-12 Radio channel. The channel will serve as the most in-depth audio platform covering the conference, providing 24-7 programming for fans across the country.

The answer is Dupree does not know. What the veteran Cox Media Group news reporter does know is that he can no longer speak, and that's tough for someone who's been on the radio for over 30 years with no plans to slow down.

Most talk show hosts would never think of walking away from their dream job if they were number one in the ratings. Mike Francesa did it. Friday was his last show on WFAN in New York, a radio station he helped build as the first sports talk radio station in America.