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That's what his agent, Norm Schrutt told Rodney Ho at The Atlanta Journal Constitution. And Schrutt says Entercom made a reasonable offer, Cameron just decided to take a different job outside of radio. He'll be a partner at the branding strategy firm Rakanter.

Radio Ink is pleased to announce the finalists for the prestigious 2018 Medallas de Cortez, the only awards dedicated to recognizing the very best in Hispanic radio. The Medallas de Cortez awards are named in honor of Raoul Cortez, founder of the first Spanish-language radio station in the United States, KCOR/San Antonio, in 1946.

Richards will oversee programming duties for the cluster’s six stations: KRXQ-FM, KKDO-FM, KUDL-FM, KSEG-FM, KSFM-FM, and KIFM-AM. Richards takes over programming duties from Jim Fox, who was recently named Vice President of Music Programming at Entercom Dallas.

James Kauffman, recently arrested for plotting the death of his wife April (pictured), was found dead in his cell Friday. Hudson County authorities say he died of an apparent suicide. Police arrested Kauffman on murder and racketeering. They say he arranged for his wife to be murdered in 2012 so she wouldn't expose a drug ring he was involved in with a motorcycle gang.

(By Bob McCurdy) A good friend, Don Jacobs, who oversees Townsquare’s Sioux Falls cluster, recommended a book titled Obvious Adams, written about an ad man who continually gets promoted by acting on “the obvious.” Everything about it made me skeptical. Then I read it.

(By Andrew Curran) Have you seen the Post from Mark Zuckerberg? In recent years, stations have finally begun to establish their social media strategy and along comes this torpedo. 

(By Ronald Robinson) As the virtual meeting of “the twelve” continued and the participants got on a roll, more pronouncements and/or recommendations were provided. Among these were the following...

Alternative Music can now be heard on 97.5 in Austin thanks to a flip made Friday by iHeart. Replacing Pride Radio will be artists like The Foo Fighters, Imagine Dragons, Weezer and 5,000 songs in a row. Pride Radio can now be heard on 102.3 HD2. ALT 97.5 will also carry The Woody Show in morning drive.

Beasley Media Group has announced the launch of The New MIX 99.5 WJBR-FM in Wilmington, Delaware. Playing “one great song after another,” the station’s new line-up will include the launch of Michael and Jessie In The Morning.

It's the largest of the seven markets in the Scripps radio portfolio (#38) up for sale, and it could lure David Field back to the buying table. The Entercom CEO has said he plans to continue to grow the company wherever it makes sense, Entercom has the capability to buy more, and Milwaukee is already in that market and not maxed out.