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Andrew Marchand of The New York Post raised quite a ruckus at the Entercom sports station when he implied, in an article Thursday, that the station was plotting to move SiriusXM's Adam Schein into Mike Francesa's chair at WFAN. Here's what we found out.

Award-winning journalist Matt Pieper has stepped into the role. He's been a reporter for CBS News Radio since 2015. Prior to CBS News Radio, Pieper was an anchor/reporter at News 12 in New York City, where he won a 2015 Emmy Award as solo anchor for Best Daytime Newscast.

NewsRadio KFBK/Sacramento has named Sam Shane co-anchor/host of The KFBK Morning News. He will join co-host Cristina Mendonsa on the program.

Your sales staff is the "face" of your station. These are the people who meet daily with the decision-makers that provide the cash to keep the lights on. Over the next several days, we'll be featuring a series of of one-on-ones with the best Sales Managers in radio. We tapped a true veteran for this first one.

Kristy Scott is the new head of sales for Podcast Movement. Scott joins the Podcast conference from RTK Media, which published the trade publication Tom Taylor NOW. She also spent 17 years at Radio & Records.

(By Deborah Parenti) One of the challenges we hear a lot about today — and have heard about for several decades — is getting the next generation interested in and inspired to make radio their career. I have a few suggestions...

Jeff Zito has taken up the dual role of APD/afternoon-drive host at Tampa Bay’s WPBB-FM/ 98.7 The Shark, making the switch from another Florida Beasley station, 96K-ROCK (WRXK-FM) in Fort Myers.

Up North Radio’s Classic Hits station WBZX/Big Rapids, MI (B103.9) is about to welcome Brian Holmes for afternoons. Holmes is best known for his 10-year run as APD/night guy at WSNX in nearby Grand Rapids.

Our friends at Westwood One remind us that Michael Savage is celebrating his 25th anniversary in talk radio this Sunday. Westwood will honor Savage’s silver anniversary with a special program airing Monday, March 25. The special will feature clips of highlights from over the years, special call-ins, and surprises.

The Hawaii Tribune Herald is reporting that Hawaiian broadcasting legend Jacqueline Leilani “Skylark” Rossetti died Wednesday. She was 65.