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Chris “DECiPHA” Hernandez has been promoted to Program Director for LIVE 101.5 in Phoenix (KALV-FM). Hernandez was previously the Assistant Program Director and Music Director for the station.

Matthew Harris has been named Promotions Director for Hip Hop station WGCI-FM in Chicago. Harris joined iHeartMedia Chicago in late 2017 and worked at Cumulus in Peoria before that. 

Joseph Gassman was suspended from the show after being charged with two counts of domestic battery. He's known as Producer Joe on the show. The 35-year old was charged with two misdemeanor counts of domestic battery.

Christopher “Boomer” Layfield is the new Operations Manager for Cumulus' three stations in Indianapolis. He'll also program Country station WFMS-FM. Layfield heads to Indianapolis from Charlotte where he was a PD for iHeartMedia. He's also held programming positions in St. Louis, Richmond, San Diego, and Nashville.

AdLarge’s cabana has announced an exclusive podcast ad sales partnership with music and pop culture outfit Consequence of Sound. Noted for its popular music news blog, Consequence of Sound is expanding its influence into the audio space.

Sports Radio 950 KJR AM announced Tuesday the debut of the new Chuck and Buck in the Morning show and The Jason Puckett Show, effective March 26. Chuck and Buck in the Morning will broadcast weekdays 6-10 a.m. and The Jason Puckett Show will broadcast weekdays 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

When Bonneville decided it was time to get into the podcast business, it turned to an obvious group for suggestions: employees who speak to and have a connection with the community. Rachel Belle had an idea — and the company loved it. 

Larj Media has launched a new podcast network created, produced, and hosted by women. Content will focus on topics including news and politics, entrepreneurship, self-development, the future of feminism, and relationships and dating. Larj Media is a company launched by Tina Nole who worked for CBS Radio News as a writer and producer of long-form news stories. She worked for Harvey Nagler, among others.

That's been the big question for years. Is it worth your time to put together a podcast if not enough people are listening for advertisers to support it. A new report from Nielsen indicates that there are new data that shows advertisers should be spending more money on podcasts.

(By Michael Botta) A few years ago, while working for a previous employer, I was assigned to work with a senior manager and his radio stations in Canada. His company brought us in to work with their managers and AEs to increase local sales. These guys didn’t have a market problem or even a station/format problem — they had a leadership problem.