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Entercom announced on Wednesday that Kevin Cassidy (pictured) is the new Market Manager for Entercom New Orleans, replacing Chris Wegmann. Wegmann, a New Orleans Native, came over to Entercom in August of 2017 to replace Chris Claus who retired.

That was quick, Jack. Cumulus announced that the recently hired Jack Swanson would rather be on the beach than programming KGO and KSFO in San Francisco. Swanson was back for a month before leaving again. He programmed KGO and KSFO from 1994 to 2011.

Making its debut Wednesday, November 7, was the Heckuva Show with Michael Brown, which will broadcast weeknights from 7-8 on KOA NewsRadio in Denver. In addition, the new Caplis and Kafer show airs afternoons on TalkRadio 630 KNOW from 4-7. 

On Wednesday, Former WFAN morning show co-host Craig Carton was convicted of running a Ponzi scheme. Jurors reached their decision after five hours of deliberations. The disgraced 49-year-old former WFAN morning show co-host faces up to 45 years in prison when he's sentenced February 27. His lawyers say they'll appeal the verdict.

At 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday of next week, Beasley Media Group Executive VP of Strategy & Innovation Buzz Knight will be interviewing Consumer Technology Association Senior Director of Innovation & Trends Ben Arnold. In a preview of that interview, Buzz had Arnold on his podcast Healthy Paranoa this week. Listen HERE. And grab one of the final remaining Forecast 2019 seats HERE.

Forecast 2019 brings together the best and brightest talent in broadcasting and advertising to forecast the coming year, and to discuss the trends and momentums that will affect ratings and revenue. AND WE ONLY HAVE FIVE SEATS LEFT.

(By Paul Rotella) Broadcast Association Executives, and indeed all association executives, both national and local, have their work cut out for them this Fall with the election and appointment of a record number of new Representatives and congressional staff. 

That increase to $47.8 million was on a same-station basis in the third quarter and included $1.2 million of political revenue. For the first nine months of the year, Salem has written $3 million in political revenue, an increase of 28% from 2014, the last big mid-term election year.

Nielsen announced that Westwood One and Panoply Media will be using the Nielsen Auto Cloud for their auto marketing and measurement capabilities. So what does this really mean?

Inner Banks Media announced a format swap in the Greenville, NC, market. The company will swap the dial positions for longtime Country format, Thunder Country, which has been at 96.3 since 2007, and their conservative Talker, which has been at 94.1 since 2009.