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Nicole Somerville is celebrating her 20-year anniversary with ratings outfit Research Director, Inc., of Annapolis, MD. “In today’s world it’s unusual for employees to stay with one company long enough to reach such a significant milestone. We thank Nicole, not only for her years of service to our clients, but her excellence at meeting their needs,” said Marc Greenspan, partner. 

Radio programming veteran Jimmy Steele has been named Program Director for 97.5 WABD-FM/Mobile, AL. Steele will continue in his current roles as Operations Manager, Cumulus Media-Mobile, and midday personality for WABD.

Eddie Haskell has been named SVP of Programming for iHeartMedia Fort Collins, CO. He will report to Amy Griesheimer, Area President for iHeartMedia Denver. Haskell joins the Fort Collins Market from KYGO-FM, where he most recently served as PD.

The Bobby Bones Show is joining BIG 95.5, Chicago’s New Country, effective August 13. The show will broadcast weekdays, 5 a.m. to 9 a.m., joining more than 120 stations across the U.S. and Canada.

Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan was a guest on The New Media Show with Todd Cochrane and Rob Greenlee. They discussed the relationship between the radio industry and the podcasting industry. Is there a great divide? Find out by watching the show HERE.

The CEO's and President's of ten radio companies have joined forces to pen a long letter to the radio industry in full support of more deregulation. The group want to keep the pressure on the FCC as it considers lifting ownership caps during its upcoming quadrennial ownership review. They also want to rally the industry to their side.

Bonneville announced on Friday it has entered into an agreement with Entercom to purchase four stations in San Francisco and four in Sacramento for $141 million. Bonneville has been programming the stations, which have been held in an FCC disposition Trust, under “LMAs” since November 17, 2017. The stations are:

(By Bob McCurdy) In today’s listening landscape, many stations are separated by only a tenth or two of a rating point, which greatly impacts rank and, in reality, statistically speaking, there’s little if any actual audience difference between these stations. The reason for this...

The seven-year NFL veteran has signed on with Sports Radio 104.3 The Fan (KKFN-FM) and will be offering insight and perspective every Sunday morning at 8 a.m. Franklin, who retired from football in May, was originally drafted in the second round by the Denver Broncos in 2011.

KLAL/Little Rock (Alice 107.7) morning show personalities Heather and Poolboy took home top honors for Radio Personalities at the 2018 Arkansas Times Best of Arkansas Awards.