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Gulf Coast Media, which operates three FM signals in Panama City will be broadcasting all of President Donald Trump's speeches from now until the 2020 election. Gulf Coast owns 3 stations in the market.

Launching May 17, CRE News Hour is a recorded one-hour show that will be distributed on the StateBroadcastNews.com website through traditional podcast platforms. It will publish on the SBN website and podcast channels at 8:00 a.m. ET every Friday.

Jared Fallon has been named Program Director for 106.1 KISS FM. Fallon joins the Seattle market from iHeartMedia’s Q102 Philly, where he most recently served as PD and afternoon drive host.

Stitcher has added two industry veterans to its leadership. Sarah van Mosel (pictured) will join Stitcher as Chief Revenue Officer, and Daisy Rosario will join the content team as Executive Producer.

Rahul Sabnis has been promoted to Chief Creative Officer & Executive Vice President for the newly-branded in-house creative group TheStudio at iHeartMedia.

A big part of that drop -- between $500K to $800K -- was blamed on a ransomware attack that affected the entire company, according to CFO Peter Thompson. It cost the company another $500,000 on the expense line to get the issue fixed. The company did not pay ransom to anyone to resolve the matter. Here's what happened.

The company reported pro forma revenue for December, January and February was down 4% in markets that were up 3%. For the full year pro forma radio revenue was down 2% in markets that were down 1%.

Who knew hanging up on a boring guest was big news these days? Beasley's Toucher & Rich in Boston are getting national attention after Fred Toucher decided he had enough of Chip Alexander's southern accent.

Shosh Abromovich is the new Market President for iHeart's Toledo market, which has seven stations. Abromovich is promoted from SVP in Toledo. She's also been an AE, LSM, and GSM for iHeart in Detroit.

Heidi Raphael, who joined Beasley Media Group in May, 2017, has been promoted to the position of Chief Communications Officer. Raphael has been a perennial on Radio Ink’s Most Influential Women in Radio list since 2006.