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Craig Bommer has been named Market President of iHeart’s Wheeling/Parkersburg markets in West Virginia. Bommer is a marketing and sales veteran and has been in the Wheeling/Parkersburg market for 17 years.

Cox Media Group Orlando has promoted JC Campese to Director of Sales for CMG Orlando Radio, including WCFB-FM, WWKA-FM, WPYO-FM, WDBO-AM/WDBO-FM, and WMMO-FM, and the market’s digital media platform, Local Solutions.

On-air personality DJ Holiday has been promoted to the role of Assistant Program Director for Entercom Classic Hits station WMXJ-FM/Pompano Beach, FL. The company also announced a new multiyear contract extension with DJ Holiday.

630 CHED/Edmonton, Alberta, will have new morning co-hosts as of September 3. Chelsea Bird and Shaye Ganam will be the new voices of 630 CHED Mornings with Chelsea Bird and Shaye Ganam.

Public radio companies have been reporting dismal local ad revenue for Q2. All week long we've been talking to privately held radio groups about local revenue in their markets. Today, Neuhoff Communications CEO Beith Neuhoff shares her thoughts.

The New York Public Radio Board of Trustees has announced that Goli Sheikholeslami has been named CEO of New York Public Radio. Sheikholeslami serves as CEO of Chicago Public Media. NYPR has been searching for a new CEO since January.

That’s the question Edison Research Senior VP Tom Webster was trying to figure out during his keynote speech, Wednesday, at Podcast Movement. Webster says there's no longer a clear way to define what a podcast is.

Seven Mountains Media has acquired Connoisseur Media’s Stroudsburg, PA, stations 93.5 WSBG and 840 WVPO. In less than five years, Seven Mountains has acquired 41 signals serving seven markets in Pennsylvania and the Southern Tier of New York State.

Entercom collected over 33,000 jars of peanut butter to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina (the Charlotte metro area), setting a new record in total donations.

With local ad revenue floundering in Q2 for public radio companies, we're looking at the local revenue bottom line of privately held radio groups. Connoisseur Media operates 17 stations and digital brands in six markets across four states. CEO Jeff Warshaw shared his thoughts with Radio Ink.