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(By Bob McCurdy) In business, those that don’t continue to “grow” are often asked to “go.” The competition for revenue has never been this intense. Never. Has the manner and mindset in which we approach our jobs evolved? Are our sales and marketing skills progressing? Fast enough?

Merrimack Valley on-air personality Win Damon, delivers the show over Haverhill, MA-based 97.9 WHAV FM.

On-air personality Mark Willard has joined KNBR Tonight, a two-part weeknight show on San Francisco Sports station KNBR 680.

With the big news that a majority interest in Cox Media Group’s TV stations is being acquired by Apollo Global Management also comes news of a parallel radio deal.

There’s a new broadcast team for pregame and postgame coverage of the Pittsburgh Pirates on 93.7 The Fan (KDKA-FM), the flagship station for the team.

Results Radio has hired Chris Rey Carothers as Operations Manager for the its Yuba-Sutter, CA, cluster comprised of KKCY-FM (Country 103.1), KKCY-HD2 (CHR Power 95.5), and KUBA-AM (Classic Hits 98.1/1600 KUBA)

Alice 105.9’s (KALC-FM) 18th annual “Alice Cares for Kids Radiothon” in Denver raised over $1,350,000 to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

At the end of the parents/teens presentation, Thursday afternoon, Edison Research President Larry Rosin detailed exactly what he thinks could be done to start turning teens back to radio.

This week's blockbuster deal Cumulus pulled off is playing well with brokers Radio Ink spoke with in a January special series on their cleaner balance sheet. When we conducted our interviews in January, none of these brokers expected a deal like this to happen. Let's see what they have to say now.

The FCC voted Thursday to eliminate the Broadcast Mid-Term Report (Form 397) filing requirement, concluding that this paperwork has become redundant and unnecessary.