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After 14 years in television, Mark Jaycox jumped to radio in 2004 joining the Salem Media Group in Milwaukee. He began coaching salespeople when he was 28, working for Media One in Chicago in 1995. He started out in radio as an LSM and his career took off from there.

The two companies announced a new deal that will include broadcasts of Westwood One’s NFL games on KGMZ AM and FM (The Game) in San Francisco. As part of the agreement, which is exclusive to the Bay Area market, coverage of select regular season and postseason games, including Super Bowl LIII, will be heard on both stations.

Last week we reported that the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles were launching their own radiothon for charity. Well the results are in and a total of $201,632 was raised for the Eagles Charitable Foundation with the help of radio station 94WIP.

The inaugural iHeartTheTroops auction raised over $57,000 to benefit USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore, a non-profit organization that aims to strengthen America’s military service members by keeping them connected to family, home, and things that they love.

Yale Broadcasting Company’s Urban Adult Contemporary WYBC-FM has launched a new local morning show hosted by New Haven radio veteran Juan Castillo. The Juan Castillo Morning Show will debut Monday September 10 and will replace the Tom Joyner Morning Show, which has been WYBC's morning show for over 20 years.

During the upcoming elections, Salem Radio Network will launch Mid-Term Madness, a fantasy game allowing listeners to The Hugh Hewitt Show to select who they think will win on election day.

Martin Coyle has joined Entercom’s senior leadership team as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Coyle comes to Entercom from XL Catlin, where he served as Vice President of Human Resources for their Global Technology organization.

Anderson will assume the role on September 10. Previously, Anderson served as CFO of ITT Industries, Inc. and of Newport News Shipbuilding, and spent five years as a divisional CFO at RJR Nabisco.

NRG Media - Wausau/Stevens Point, WI, has announced that Kori McKay (Kori with a K in the Mornings) has taken on the additional role of APD for Hot 96.7, WHTQ-FM. 

After filing a $5 million lawsuit against Entercom with big fanfare back in July, United States Traffic Network issued a short statement Wednesday announcing it has "agreed to cause the dismissal, with prejudice, of its litigation against Entercom."