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(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.

Neal Mohan, chief product officer for YouTube, will headline the NAB opening on Monday, April 9 at 9:00 a.m. at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Mohan will discuss how the intersection of content, hardware, and software is allowing media companies to reach more audiences in new ways.

Beginning Monday, April 2, the TV simulcasts of ESPN Radio’s weekday morning Golic and Wingo and midday’s The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz will join afternoon’s The Will Cain Show on ESPNEWS, making the network the TV home of ESPN’s three weekday national radio simulcasts.

(By Ronald Robinson) If radio, generally, is to pull up and get back to altitude, adjustments will have to be made. Not superficial fiddling. CORE matters — base, fundamental, communicative approaches that radio, so far, refuses to consider or exploit.

Imaging company Benztown is calling for entries for its seventh annual Iron Imager Contest, an international radio imaging contest where audio production professionals compete for the title of World’s Best Imager.

Life and business strategist, best-selling author, and acclaimed speaker Ismael Cala has a new show on reVolver Podcasts: DeMente Positivo con Ismael Cala. Specializing in personal development and mindful leadership, Cala was dubbed “the Latino Larry King” by The New York Times.

An SEC filing on Monday outlines the deadlines iHeart has set to complete its restructure with the bankruptcy court. The company also says once the restructure is complete Clear Channel Outdoor will be separated or spun-off.

Beasley Media stations WSOC-FM, WPEG-FM, WNKS-FM, WKQC-FM, and WBAV-FM in Charlotte, NC, are the latest stations to use Focus 360’s networks that are “Powered by Jelli.”

Wade Linder is the new PD at Classic Hits WLS-FM in Chicago. Linder moves to WLS-FM from WLUP-FM, where he has served as PD since June 2014. Prior to that, Linder was PD for KXXR-FM in Minneapolis, a station he programmed for nearly 20 years.

SiriusXM and Hyundai Motor America have extended the agreement between the two companies for five more years. Customers buying Hyundai and Genesis brand vehicles will continue to get a three-month introductory SiriusXM All Access subscription.