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The former Triton Digital co-founder is now the CEO of Digital Audio Venture firm JaxLaw Inc. and President/CEO of independent podcast studio and consultancy, Workhouse Connect. The initial product offering from this new partnership will be called “E-Plus.”

Veteran sales executive Mariano Amador will join the newly reformatted Cali 93.9 (KLLI-FM Los Angeles) as General Sales Manager. Amador began his career at Univision Network New York and most recently served as GSM for Liberman Broadcasting in Los Angeles.

Patrick Mendonca has been named Connoisseur Media of Maryland’s Digital Sales Manager. Mendonca has served in several roles at the station including on-air, marketing and promotions, and assisting the team with company-owned digital assets.

Adams Radio Group has elevated Nathan James to Program Director and afternoon drive personality for Country WUSX-FM/Salisbury, MD. James will also continue as Director of Marketing Partnerships and Promotions for the Delmarva brands.

Ji Suk Yi will join WGN Radio as a contributor on The Steve Cochran Show, weekday mornings. Yi will continue "The Grid: Neighborhood Eats," a weekly Chicago Sun-Times restaurant column and video.

102.5 WDVE in Pittsburgh has brought in Chad Tyson to host afternoon drive. In addition, WDVE’s Russ Rose will move to evenings. Tyson joins the Pittsburgh market from Eagle 107.5 where he most recently served as the afternoon drive host.

Jay Michaels has been promoted to Operations Manager for Entercom's five-station cluster in Shreveport, LA. Michaels will continue in his current roles as Program Director and PM drive on-air personality for Hot AC station KQHN/Q97.3

Summer can present challenges for radio news/talk stations. Repurposing staff to cover vacations can be challenging. Add a weekend to the mix and managers have to be creative. That's the situation KGO PD/OPS Manager Lee Hammer found himself in when the tragic events unfolded at the Garlic Festival in Northern California.

This is the third “Broadcasters Meet Podcasters” program at Podcast Movement which is being held in Orlando August 13-16. Here's the lineup for that track.

America's money expert, Dave Ramsey, has moved to brand-new studios in the newly constructed Ramsey Solutions headquarters just outside Nashville. The studio is the focal point of the six-story headquarters.