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Country Radio Seminar has hired music industry veteran Jean Williams to fill the position of Director of Brand Marketing and Strategic Partnerships. She starts July 2. Previously, Williams served as the Regional Promotions and Marketing Director for Show Dog Records.

The Covino & Rich show, which first premiered on SiriusXM in 2005, made its debut on ESPN Radio, Saturday, at Noon. The program is co-hosted by Steve Covino and Rich Davis, and will now air Saturdays and Sundays, Noon-4 p.m. this summer, covering the hottest stories in sports.

Richard "Box" Bachschmidt worked for 105.5 The Bridge in Charleston up until this past February. He was quoted in The Charleston Scene saying, "If the coaches don’t care enough to make their team look their best and play their best and win, then I’m going free agent."

After spending 20-plus years over several tours of duty on air at KCAL-FM (96-7 KCAL/Los Angeles), longtime APD/MD and midday personality Cluque has accepted the position of Operations Manager for Cal State San Bernardino's Coyote Radio station.

The retiree organization’s new podcast is called An AARP Take on Today and is hosted by Bob Edwards, the original and longtime host of NPR’s flagship program Morning Edition. Each new episode will feature in-depth news interviews on timely topics with guest experts .

It’s official. Dan Le Batard and Jon “Stugotz" Weiner have signed long-term deals to continue as hosts of the popular daytime ESPN Radio Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, daily 10 a.m.–1 p.m. ET.

Rock programming veteran Jacent Jackson is the new PD for San Francisco Rock station KFOG 104.5FM and 97.7FM. Jackson was previously Program Director for KITS-FM in San Francisco.

On Thursday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Music Modernization Act by unanimous voice vote. The bill now advances to the full Senate for further consideration. Following the vote there was praise all around.

Cumulus Media has announced that the longtime on-air host of Grand Rapids’ heritage Classic Rock station 97 LAV-FM, Ed Buchanan, died Thursday in Grand Rapids. He was 69.

We hear it a lot. The biggest challenge for managers is hiring. We also hear how difficult it is to hire strong talent from the upcoming generation. Radio needs young blood oozing up and down the halls of its radio stations to keep things exciting, fresh and innovative. We turned to the 2018 MIW Group mentees for answers.