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Jeff Rovinsky has been named Market President for iHeart’s Akron and Canton markets, and Matt Razzante has been named General Sales Manager for the Cleveland, Akron, and Canton markets.

iHeartMedia's nationally syndicated on-air personality Bobby Bones will return as the official host of the 2019 iHeartCountry Festival main stage when the festival lights up on Saturday, May 4. For the sixth straight year, Country music's biggest superstars will perform at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, TX. 

Veteran hosts Greg Dwyer and Bill Michaels have signed multi-year renewals to host their top-rated Dwyer & Michaels morning show on Classic Rock 97X (WXLP-FM 97.1) in Quad Cities, IA. The agreement will keep the popular duo in place through 2023.

In 1994, an already highly regarded broadcast star began The Country Oldies Show from studios in New York City. Twenty-Five years later, 2019 Country Radio Hall of Fame nominee Steve Warren is still playing the country greats.

Minnesota Public Radio 89.3 (KCMP/Minneapolis-St. Paul) The Current has promoted Music Director David Safar to the new role of Head of Music, Artist and Label Relations. Safar has been with the station 12 years.

What drives a programmer that wears multiple managing hats, to be successful with so many tasks to complete, and only seven days to check them off? What are their biggest challenges? How do they find fresh talent? And, how do they manage their team? Here are the answers to those questions...

The station announced that Dave Durian died early Monday. The 72-year-old was at his home in Baltimore and suffered a stroke. He had also been diagnosed with lung cancer.

Tori Kahl moves from iHeartMedia’s Mobile-Pensacola market, where she most recently served as Senior Vice President of Sales. She will report to Michael Hudson, Area President for iHeartMedia Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

Premiere Networks has promoted Elizabeth Fazio to VP of National Talent Engagement and Events. Based in New York, Fazio will continue to report to Jennifer Leimgruber, Executive VP of Entertainment Programming for Premiere Networks.

Entercom has named its 2019 Format Captains who are assigned by the company for one year. There are some changes from the 2018 roster...