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COO Charles Steinhauer announced to the Westwood One team on Thursday that SVP for Affiliate Sales Dennis Green is leaving Westwood One to accept a new opportunity. That closes out a 22-year run for Green at the network. An announcement is coming next week regarding where Green is heading.

Entercom has appointed Andi Poch as Executive VP for Integrated Partnerships. Poch's previous title with Entercom was SVP for Altitude Integrated Sales. She will continue to report to Bob Philips, Chief Revenue Officer at Entercom.

WGN Radio will recognize five inductees at the WGN Radio Walk of Fame ceremony and live broadcast hosted by Bill Leff and Wendy Snyder, Friday, May 18, 10–11:30 a.m., at Pioneer Court, in front of Tribune Tower, 435 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago.

(By Larry Stone) I wonder: Where has the great need to change radio ownership rules been hiding? Seems like in our society when a rush to make something happen, happens, it’s because someone sees a chance at a fast buck.

Kelly Harlow is the new Digital Sales Manager/Local Sales Manager for Cumulus Media-Indianapolis. She was Sales Representative for the cluster from 2008-2012.

Ron Stone is the CEO of Adams Radio Group. On Friday we interviewed Stone as part of our CEO series on deregulation and whether there should be more deregulation for radio. He's opposed. Our interview with Ron resulted in a lot of reader feedback. In case you missed it Friday here's that interview again.

Those nominations include Radio Journalist of the Year. It’s an impressive tribute to host Morris W. O’Kelly (Mo’Kelly) and what he calls “the coolest two hours in all Talk radio.”

At least in our non-scientific poll, so far, the majority of Radio Ink readers seem to be opposed to more deregulation for the radio industry. We understand this is not really a black or white answer so feel free to leave your comments after your vote. As of Friday morning (5/18) poll results are 80% opposed and 20% in favor of more deregulation. VOTE IN OUR POLL NOW

Koester recently served as VP of Distribution & Content Partnerships at American Public Media where she previously held several senior management positions. Prior to APM, Koester worked at Chicago Public Media.

On Thursday, Jacobs Media released data from its 14th annual online survey of radio listeners and there was plenty of good news for radio. The survey included 567 radio stations covering 14 formats and there were 64,289 respondents. It was conducted in early 2018 between January 16 and February 26. Here are some of the highlights...