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The President of Jacobs Media Strategies will present “Podcasting & Radio: What We Learned From Techsurvey13” on Thursday, June 15 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. Fred will take a deep dive into Techsurvey13, the radio industry’s largest online survey, to see how podcasting is impacting radio listeners.

After just over a year as the morning host on San Francisco rocker KFOG, Matt Pinfield will turn over the morning mic to focus on his two nationally syndicated radio shows, the weekly rock history show, “Flashback” and the nightly show, “Two Hours”. Both programs are syndicated by Westwood One. Cumulus did not announce Pinfield's replacement.

Paul Rogers has been named Area President for the Capitol Coast, which includes 4 stations in Tallahassee and five in Panama City. He'll keep some of his previous responsibilities as VP of Strategic Partnerships for the Florida Region and report to Linda Byrd, President of iHeartMedia’s North Florida Region.

And it's taking a bath on the deal. It was back in late 2015 that Pandora purchased the ticket selling business for $450 million. On Friday the company announced it was selling Ticketfly to Eventbrite for $200 million. The deal will be funded through a combination of $150 million cash and a $50 million note payable to Pandora.

(by Michael Dudding) My last submission to Radio Ink said “don’t get me started on telephone numbers” in ads. Since only 0.24923% of Americans have a photographic memory, the phone number within a commercial is probably forgotten long before the commercial ends.

(By Bob McCurdy) Last week an AE and I were involved in a conversation with an advertiser who was looking to get a better handle on the listening habits of the “digital streamer,” specifically the Pandora and Spotify listener.

The pair have been at Atlanta’s “Star 94.1” WSTR-FM for some time and are upping their duties in the station’s programming department. Afternoon host Mike Marino is now WSTR’s Assistant Program Director, and longtime midday host Heather Branch becomes WSTR’s Music Director.

K-FROG 95.1/Riverside has promoted Robin Ward to Music Director/Assistant Program Director. She will also host the midday timeslot as her on-air persona Heather Froglear, weekdays at 9 a.m. Ward joined K-FROG in 1993 and has served as Promotions Director and morning show host.

Angel Brown has been named Market President for the Virginia cluster, which includes 103 JAMZ, NOW 105, MOViN 107.7, and 92.1. Brown previously worked as the Market VP for Cumulus in Mobile, where she also served as the Market Manager and Vice President of Sales.

Mix 96-5 (KHMX-FM) has brought Cage on board to launch a new afternoon show on Monday, June 12. The show will simply be called Jason Cage and will cover all the latest pop culture and local news, interviews major music stars, and help Houston transition from work to the drive home.