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USA Radio Networks announced on Tuesday that Janet Bro has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Bro will lead the network and its stations in Chicago, Dallas, and Minneapolis, as well as five properties in Nevada.

Zona NYC will air weekday afternoons (12–4), hosted by Tenchy Rodriquez and Nestor Rosario. Rodriquez brings years of experience to the show as a reporter in the Dominican Republic covering MLB and Dominican baseball. Rosario is the Spanish-language color commentator for the Mets and play-by-play announcer for the New York Giants.

The Bert Show has officially named Davi Crimmins as the newest co-host of the nationally syndicated morning show. In addition to being the show’s assistant producer, Crimmins joins current hosts Bert Weiss and Kristin Klingshirn weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10 a.m. EST.

Jessica Tyler will have the role of Music Director for Hot AC-formatted WDVD-FM to her duties. Tyler also serves as Assistant Program Director and Music Director for Country station WDRQ-FM.

We are bringing you this latest news because we want to make sure you know its not going away and you should stay involved in the process. In an op-ed in Billboard, SoundExchange CEO Michael Huppe called on SiriusXM to support the CLASSICS Act at the same time he ripped into radio.

Louisville Public Media has hired Jean West to host weekday afternoons on 89.3 WFPL. The veteran Louisville news anchor will be the local host of the NPR flagship All Things Considered.

(By Radio Ink Chairman Eric Rhoads) So what about the next generation stepping in to run radio? For sure, they must look to what’s new and help radio embrace what we’ve been missing. Yet they also must keep a foothold in what works. The key issue the new generation needs to face is how radio can compete in a digital world.

A filing with the SEC states iHeart is not able to file its 2017 annual report on time due to a delay in the completion of the financial statements from Clear Media Limited, which is an indirect subsidiary of the company with shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company says several employees of Clear Media are part of an ongoing investigation for misappropriation of funds.

Kane has been promoted to Operations Manager and Program Director of WPKR-FM and WWWX-FM in Appleton-Oshkosh, WI. He moves to Appleton-Oshkosh from Green Bay, WI, where he was Program Director of WKRU-FM and WOGB-FM.

Also from the SEC filing iHeart states it expects to report consolidated revenue of approximately $6.17 billion for 2017, compared to $6.26 billion in 2016. So why the approximate $89 million decrease?