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Alpha Media, San Jose, has named Daena Kramer General Sales Manager. Kramer started her radio career in Las Vegas with CBS Radio in 2007. As an account executive for CBS Las Vegas, Kramer led the cluster in digital revenue and new local business.

The Woody Show is being added to three Cumulus markets, debuting Monday, May 21, on stations KHTB-FM/101.9 in Salt Lake City, KCJK-FM/X105.1 in Kansas City, and WZRH-FM/Alt 92.3 in New Orleans.

Sun Broadcast Group has entered into a sales and affiliate partnership that brings The Woody & Wilcox Show to the network lineup beginning June 1. The show is currently being heard in Charlotte, Raleigh, Spokane, Beaumont, Myrtle Beach, Anchorage, and Fairbanks.

On Monday, the Supreme Court struck down a federal law that prohibits sports gambling and gives states the go-ahead to legalize betting on sports. That could create an entirely new advertising category that radio managers might want to keep their eyes on.

Louisville Public Media’s 89.3 WFPL/Louisville reporter Roxanne Scott has been awarded a grant from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting. The grant will enable Scott to travel to Nigeria to report on food insecurity and health.

Seven months of ratings will be reissued in the number two market, according to Nielsen. Here's the note the ratings firm sent to clients Monday explaining why...

Retail was a strong category for radio last week. The Home Depot held onto its top spot in the Media Monitors advertiser chart, airing 60,995 commercials on radio stations all over the country. JC Penney jumped over GEICO into the number two spot by running 31,700 commercials to GEICO's 31,312. Macy's moved from 17th to 4th with 29,565 spots.

CBS News Radio, Skyview Networks, and Entertainment Tonight hosted ad agencies on the set of ET at CBS Studio Center in Studio City, CA, last week. CBS News Radio Network produces a one minute daily feature from Entertainment Tonight. The CBS team was joined by representatives from Havas Edge and The Gary Group on a backstage tour of the CBS lot.

Chuck Isaly owns Auto Glass America in the Tampa area. He specializes in windshield replacement and has been in business for about six-and-a-half years. When he was ready to touch every automobile driver in the Tampa market, he reached out to Cox Media Group Senior AE Simone Rowson. As Isaly explains, with the help of Rowson, CMG, and radio, his business took off. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media).

SiriusXM is making its content available for free for both its satellite and streaming platform as part of the introduction of a new SiriusXM app. The content will be available free May 14-29.