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RJ Curtis has been hired as the new Executive Director of the Country Radio Broadcasters/Country Radio Seminar. Bill Mayne has been Executive Director for nearly a decade. This past April, Mayne announced he would be leaving following the 50th Anniversary year of Country Radio Seminar.

Kelli Turner has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of SESAC Holdings, it was announced Wednesday by John Josephson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SESAC, whom Turner will report to.

iHeartMedia has named Cristina Mayer Marketing Director for Washington DC–Baltimore. Mayer joins the DC–Baltimore region from Mimi Brown Studio in New York City where she most recently served as Production Manager.

The Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio group and Nielsen Music announce that Grisel Barajas, PD and Host of La Grande 105.1 FM/Indianapolis has been named the MIW Group-Nielsen Music Programming Mentee. 

According to BIA's 2018 Survey of Advertising and Marketing activities, two-thirds of marketing dollars are being used on local media and the remainder is being spent on promotions. For businesses with 500 or more employees, this spending averages $4.48 million for advertising and $2.18 million on promotions. So what local media is getting the bulk of the cash?

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will visit the Florida Panhandle, Friday to assess the damage inflicted by Hurricane Michael and get an update on recovery efforts. Pai plans to meet with service providers and government officials working to restore communications networks. Here's what the Chairman had to say about his upcoming visit...

The National Hockey League’s New Jersey Devils and Skyview Networks have expanded their partnership. Skyview will continue to supply its AdView Inventory Management application to Devils broadcasts, while adding full production services.

Reporting on religion can be an illuminating, though sometimes delicate, undertaking. The NAB and the NAB Education Foundation are bringing together news directors, reporters, journalism school faculty, and members of the faith community to discuss their experiences and recommendations about reporting on sensitive stories involving religion.

From 2013 to 2018, Asian, Latino, and black audiences have been ahead of the streaming curve. The average TV viewer spends 43% of their time with live TV, 35% with streamed content. With the RIAA mid-year Latin Music Revenue Report showing a surge in paid streaming formats, could the window of opportunity for new Hispanic radio entrants be closing? Horowitz Associates' Adriana Waterston tackles the topic.

Shannon Knoepke is the Market Manager for Entercom in Minneapolis. She's been in radio for 21 years, 17 of those as a manager. One of Shannon's employees told Radio Ink how Shannon brought the Minneapolis cluster through the CBS merger could be reason enough to nominate her for one of radio's best managers, but it is one of many.