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At the request of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Coordinating Center for Communications and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the FCC has deactivated its Disaster Information Reporting System for Hurricane Michael.

Mexican broadcast company Grupo ACIR and iHeartMedia have entered into a partnership that will bring iHeartRadio to listeners across Mexico. iHeartRadio México is available now in beta, with the official launch November 3 at the iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina.

And here's yet another way for consumers to listen to audio. Traffic app Waze has released a beta version of the Waze Audio Player. The player was inspired by feedback from its first audio integration with Spotify in 2017.

Galaxy Media has promoted Carrie J. Wojtaszek to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Wojtaszek, a 10-year veteran of Galaxy, has served as the General Manager of Galaxy Events since 2013.

Listeners in the United Kingdom will be able to utilize the Live365 platform, which is home to thousands of stations. Live365 has removed the sitewide geo-block and streaming is now available to all listeners in the U.K.

After eight years at WTMJ in Milwaukee, Eric Brooks has taken the job of Assistant News Director at Entercom's News Radio KCBS San Francisco. Brooks was Director of News & Programming at WTMJ. The station was recently purchased by Good Karma. Steve Wexler has been hired to run the station. Brooks starts with KCBS on November 12.

At Forecast 2019‘s Prospects for Radio as an Investment in 2019: The Real Street Talk panel, Randy Michaels, who has seen both sides of the investment game, moderates a panel of financial advisors and analysts in a candid discussion of who's investing and where. Wall Street’s opinion affects every player; this is a session no broadcaster can afford to miss.

Iliad Media Group of Boise, Idaho, announced Monday the promotion of Kristin Lowman to Regional National Sales Manager. Lowman has been with the company for five years.

Another week for GEICO at the top of the Media Monitors weekly advertiser chart as the insurance giant was once again radio's biggest advertiser, airing 45,775 commercials on radio stations all across the country.

The company has named Mark Garcia SVP of Integrated Marketing Solutions in McAllen and Pulpo Media (an Entravision company) has appointed Laura Willis to the position of VP of Digital Sales.