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Mike Hartel has been named Alpha Media’s EVP of the Mid-Atlantic Region. He will oversee Columbia, SC, Fredericksburg, VA, Hagerstown-Chambersburg, PA, Bluefield, WV, Dayton, OH, and Canton, OH.

SB Nation Radio has a new morning show in its stable. Straight Heat with Patrick Creighton will launch Monday, April 9. Creighton currently co-hosts Nate and Creight weekdays in Houston on one of Gow Media’s radio stations. He has been with Gow Media for the past four years.

710 WOR/New York has debuted Daily Mets Podcast hosted by veteran Mets broadcaster Josh Lewin. The podcast will be posted every day at 5 a.m. throughout the 2018 season.

(By Deborah Parenti) For all the ink devoted to San Diego radio personality Kevin Klein, and the highly controversial promotional stunt he used to market his new morning show, we may not know the whole story. Certainly, no one is talking and Klein himself appears to be MIA and in a state of limbo...

iHeartMedia Colorado Springs announced that Samantha Kumm has been named Market President. She will work closely with JoJo Turnbeaugh, Regional Senior Vice President of Programming, and Ryan Clune, Regional Senior Vice President of Sales.

BIA/Kelsey is out with some new data that says radio's over-the-air revenue declined 2% in 2017. However, the good news is radio's digital revenue jumped 9.7%. Was that big jump in digital enough to keep radio above the flatline?

That will be the topic at the NAB next week, moderated by Jacobs Media President Fred Jacobs. The session, called "Fast Tracking Radio's Future," will include Beasley CEO Caroline Beasley, CMG Executive VP Bill Hendrich, Jacobs Media's Paul Jacobs, Entercom Senior VP Tim Murphy, and NAB Executive VP of Strategic Planning Steve Newberry.

JoAnne Purtan is the new morning show co-host for 104.3 WOMC. Purtan will join Stephen Clark on the Detroit heritage Classic Hits station beginning Monday. Before joining WOMC, Purtan worked with WXYZ-TV in Detroit for 20 years and was most recently anchor of the noon and 4:00 p.m. newscasts.

Kidd’s Kids CEO and Chief Happiness Officer Caroline Kraddick, along with Music Meets Medicine Founder Dr. J Mack Slaughter, officially opened the doors of the Kidd’s Kids and Music Meets Medicine Therapeutic Arts Room in memory of Kidd Kraddick.

Christian Torres was operating illegally at 100.9-FM in Bridgeport, Connecticut, from a business; William Cotter, at 104.7-FM, also in Bridgeport, from a residence; and Nnanna Okoro was cited for a pirate station at 87.9-FM Irvington, New Jersey, from a house he owns. All three were given 10 days to shut down and explain to the FCC why they were operating radio stations illegally.