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COO Weezie Kramer said the promotions were a strategic move to position the company for long-term success. The senior management promotions are in digital, programming, events, sales, ad sales marketing, legal, and traffic. Here are the nine people who now have new titles and more responsibilities...

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation handed out the 43rd Annual Gracie Awards in L.A. this week. Pictured here are Heather Cohen, EVP, The Weiss Agency; Christine Travaglini, President, Katz Radio Group; and Becky Brooks, Executive Director, Alliance for Women in Media. Check out more photos sent in to Radio Ink from our radio friends at the Radio Ink Facebook page..

Beasley Media’s Fayetteville employees recently spent time away from the office to volunteer during a Beasley Best Day of Caring event in conjunction with the Fayetteville Area Habitat for Humanity’s B Street Revitalization Project.

95.7 Jamz/Birmingham, AL, morning show host, comedian Rickey Smiley, was touched by a viral social media post that showed student Corey Patrick walking to the bus stop in his cap and gown in order to travel to Tarrant High School and graduate.

Sports Radio 99.9 The Fan and partnering station 620 The Ticket will broadcast live play-by-play for all games that include NC State, Duke, and UNC in this year’s ACC Baseball Championship, beginning Thursday (May 24) through Sunday from the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, NC.

On June 16, Radio Ink will release the 2018 Most Influential Women in Radio list. We've been publishing the MIW list for over 20 years now. Over the next several weeks we'll be previewing that issue with extended interviews with many of the broadcasters who've made the list. And, of course, Broadcast Education Association Executive Director Heather Birks is on our list. 

Bruce Mittman and Jim Leven are partners in Community Broadcasters. They met in 1986, when Mittman was visiting a station where Leven was working as the manager. Mittman eventually purchased that station in 1986 and the two have been friends ever since. Their radio careers wound around and back together again.

Townsquare Media announced late in the day Thursday it has sold North American Midway Entertainment to North American Fairs for $23.5 million plus a 15% residual interest in any future proceeds of a sale of NAME in the next 10 years. Townsquare purchased NAME in 2015 for $75.5 million.

Jack Lessenberry was Michigan Radio’s senior political analyst. That is until he resigned this week after being accused of sexual harassment. According to the Michigan Radio website the resignation comes as more and more women accuse Lessenberry of sexual harassment and other questionable behavior. 

AdLarge Media's digital audio division cabana has expanded its podcast portfolio into the true-crime genre with Crime Junkie, hosted by crime enthusiast Ashley Flowers. Flowers tells stories taken from crimes across the country, including new evidence on unsolved mysteries, current investigations, manhunts and captures.