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Joining Westwood are Stephen Gary as Director of National Sports Partnerships in L.A., Gina LaBanco as Director, National Partnerships (Chicago), Wesley O’Dell as Director, National Partnerships, and Craig Rossi as VP of Spoken Word, also in L.A. Rossi replaces Adam Gilbert, who left the company. Gary, LaBanco, and O'Dell are all new additions to the Westwood team.

Eric Jewell is new GSM for Cumulus' Kansas City cluster. Jewell was Senior VP of Sales for iHeart in Memphis. He's also been D.O.S. for Entercom in Gainesville and General Manager of Rocket City Broadcasting in Huntsville.

David Fisch has been named morning show host for The River 105.9/Hartford, CT, "Variety of the 70s 80s and more," effective February 21. Fisch will broadcast weekdays 5-10 a.m. He’ll also present the latest in national and local news, weather, and traffic.

And one of them was a government agency, according to the FCC. Darren Roebuck of Boulder, Barry Bennett of Rollinsville, and The Town of Ward Colorado were all given 10 days notice to stop operating their pirate radio stations and explain to the FCC why they were doing so.

This time around in Media Unplugged, Mark Ramsey asks the question: “Why is the buying and selling of fake followers on social media such big business?” He also explains that the folks at Funny Or Die say Facebook is killing online comedy.

From baseball to football, basketball to motor sports, Hispanic consumers are “major league” fans, representing huge opportunity for sports teams, their merchandise, venues — and on-air sponsors. Still, many stations are unsure how to connect with, or fully tap into, the growing Hispanic sports market and its potential.

With nearly 38,200 commercials on radio stations across the country last week, GEICO was once again radio's top advertiser according to Media Monitors. Walgreens was number two (30,404), followed by JC Penney (29,350), Indeed.com (27,510), and The Home Depot (25,692).

Salem Media Group has been recognized as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the country. Salem was evaluated by the National Association for Business Resources, an independent research firm, which reviewed several key measures

The 20th annual Have-A-Heart Wishathon, hosted by Saga Communications’ Jonesboro Radio Group (KDXY, KEGI, KJBX) and Raycom Media’s KAIT-TV (ABC/NBC), raised $421,843. It was the largest total in the event’s 20-year history.

Programmatic is something both iHeartRadio and Spotify already offer advertisers, however, Pandora says it brings more to the table with its 73 million monthly active listeners. A pilot program will be launched with Volkswagen. Pandora will make its audio inventory available through deals with The Trade Desk, AdsWizz’s AudioMatic and MediaMath.