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President & Chief Executive Officer John Scaggs has announced that current Nashville Station Manager and National Director of Business Development BJ O’Neal will join the executive team as Chief Development Officer, effective July 1. 

Salem Media Group’s afternoon host on Upstate South Carolina's 94.5 WGTK The Answer, Joey Hudson, received the Media Person of the Year award from the Southeastern Crime Stoppers Association at their annual conference held in Atlanta.

ASCAP announced Thursday it had collected record-high revenues in 2017. Last year ASCAP collected $1.144 billion in revenue -- and for the first time ever ASCAP distributed $1 billion to songwriters, composers, and music publishers. Revenue was up 8 percent and distributions were up 10 percent over 2016.

The NAB says four members of the House and one Senator have added their support for the Local Radio Freedom Act, which is a resolution opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on radio stations. Here are the new names from DC. that are showing their love for radio.

The Weather Channel TV Network is launching their first podcast, called Weather Geeks, debuting Tuesday, April 24. The podcast is hosted by Dr. Marshall Shepherd, a professor and former president of the American Meteorological Society.

Raybourne has been running the Community Broadcasters 4-station cluster in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. He's leaving the stations to start his own direct mail business in Orlando.

Beasley Media Group's VP of Programming Buzz Knight is hosting a new monthly podcast called Healthy Paranoia. The podcast will focus on new innovation, new methods, new strategies, and new thinking.

After leading the Country Radio Broadcasters/Country Radio Seminar for nine years, Executive Director Bill Mayne is stepping down following the 2018 Country Radio Seminar. The CRB Board of Directors has established a search committee that will oversee a confidential search process.

SiriusXM has extended its agreement with Nissan North America for five more years and through the 2023 model year. Nissan and Infiniti customers will continue to get a three-month introductory SiriusXM All Access subscription – SiriusXM's most expansive programming package.

Armen Williams is the Program Director for Sports Radio 104.3 The Fan in Denver. Williams started in radio as a promotions intern at KPLX in Dallas. And like so many people in the radio business, he caught the radio bug early. This year Williams has been voted one of Radio Ink's Best Programmers.