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Amazon Music will host the inaugural Amazon Music & CRS Monday Night Showcase featuring the Radio Ink Best Country PD Awards at this year’s Country Radio Seminar on Monday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. The event will feature performances by Jason Aldean, Jordan Davis, and Jimmie Allen. This is the 20th year Radio Ink has been recognizing Country radio's top Program Director's

Media Monitors says The Home Depot ran just over 53,000 spots on radio stations all across America last week. GEICO aired 40,226. Indeed.com was third with 31,655, Jackson Hewitt aired 30,040, and Walgreens was fifth with 24,751.

Recently appointed Vice President of Programming for ALT 98.7 “LA’s New Alternative,” Lisa Worden, will expand her role and now oversee all programming for the station as Program Director. In addition, Worden will continue as Alternative Rock Brand Manager for iHeartMedia’s National Programming Group.

Jenny Rose Gonzalez has been elevated to General Sales Manager of Broadcast Company of the Americas. She had been the Local Sales Manager since joining the company in 2014. Broadcast Company of the Americas (BCA) operates The Mighty 1090 AM (mighty1090.com), 105.7 MAX-FM (1057max.com), and ESPN 1700 AM.

Broadcasting visionary Ed McLaughlin passed away last Thursday night, in Palm Beach, FL. He was 91. McLaughlin -- who was to be honored with the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s Golden Mike Award dinner, March 5, was the man who launched Rush Limbaugh into syndication. In 2010, McLaughlin was the recipient of Radio Ink's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Las Vegas station Mix 94.1 (KMXB-FM) has announced a multiyear agreement with Mercedes Martinez and JC Fernandez, hosts of the station’s morning show Mercedes in the Morning, which airs weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT.

Sean Stewart has been named Program Director and host of the new morning show Rock 105 Mornings With Sean Stewart on Rock 105 WRXR-FM/Chattanooga, effective January 22. The show will air from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and feature rock music and lifestyle topics of local interest.

That's the focus of a panel at the 2018 Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference being held March 13-14 in Miami. The panel will be moderated by Tomás Martinez, CEO and owner of Solmart Media. Martinez is responsible for managing the company’s three Southwest Florida stations: WZSP-FM, WZZS-FM, and WTMY-AM.

Peter Doyle (pictured) has been Audio Division Chief at The FCC for nearly 17 years. He'll turn over the reigns to Albert Shuldiner and become a Senior Advisor during the transition. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said, "Peter’s sixteen-and-a-half year run as Division Chief has been truly outstanding. He worked tirelessly to ensure fair and efficient licensing of the radio service."

The FCC has entered into a Consent Decree to resolve its investigation into Kedner Maxime was operating a pirate radio station on 102.1 and 89.1 MHz from two different locations in Broward County, Florida.