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Winston had two tours of duty at KJLH Radio in Los Angeles as PD and Morning Man. His initial tour began in 1985 thru 1990, he resumed his air shift at KJLH in 1993 and PD duties in 1994. The L.A. native began his radio career in college and went on to work in Seattle at KYAC, St. Louis at KMJM-FM, Chicago (WBMX), Detroit (WDRQ-FM) and KRLY in Houston.

Pedro González has been named Senior VP of Programming for iHeartLatino, a newly created position. González will report to Enrique Santos, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of iHeartLatino, and Brad Hardin, Executive VP and GM for iHeartMedia’s National Programming Group.

SVP for ESPN Audio Traug Keller made the announcement that, despite a lucrative offer, Ryen Russillo will not return to ESPN Radio next year. He's been with the network for over eight years. Keller said Russillo, who hosted the 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. slot, has decided to pursue other opportunities when his contract expires next year. Russillo's final day will be this Friday.

A new partnership between NBC Sports Philadelphia and Beasley will bring 97.5 The Fanatic (WPEN-FM) PM drive host Mike Missanelli to NBC Sports Philadelphia in 2018. Missanelli hosts the 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. slot on The Fanatic and has been a sports talker for 20 years. Missanelli came in at #13 on Radio Ink's Top Local Sports Talkers List for 2017.

That's a no-no, of course, and that's exactly what the FCC says happened when it conducted an inspection of WDJS-AM in Mount Olive, North Carolina. An FCC agent was unable to complete a full inspection "because there was no staff or managerial presence at the station’s main studio and nobody answered the phone."

As of January 2, the new morning show on the network will consist of former WWE wrestler Taz (Pete Senerchia) and Marc Malusis (left), who's been working in TV for the past eight years. The show is called Taz and the Moose and replaces Gio and Jones. Gio (Gregg Giannotti) is moving to WFAN to co-host mornings show with Boomer Esiason.

Just in case your eyes are still rolling into the back of your head from our story on Wednesday regarding BMI, the consent decree, DOJ, the RMLC, etc. etc., broadcast attorney David Oxenford takes a swing at simplifying the issue in his latest blog. After detailing the entire story, Oxenford says this is certain to be an issue going forward.

On Tuesday, Radio Ink Editor-in-Chief Ed Ryan hosted a special webinar on voice technology with Veritone’s Senior Product Manager Michael Kennedy and Apps Engineering Manager Steve Shaffer. Just in case you were too busy on Tuesday, here's a link to the webinar. Feel free to listen anytime.

Advertisers will continue to deduct advertising expenses from their taxes as a result of tax reform legislation passed by Congress this week. Both broadcasters and advertisers were worried that expense would be dropped and were fighting to keep it alive. Here's what NAB CEO Gordon Smith said about the legislation...

For the past 10 years, AM870 The Answer (KRLA/Los Angeles) and AM590 The Answer (KTIE/San Bernardino), have partnered with the California Highway Patrol to support their “CHiPS for Kids” toy drive. Morning show hosts Brian and Jen, The Morning Answer team, did live broadcasts, collecting over 500 toys and more than $1000.