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Westwood One has picked the winners of the fifth annual Westwood One Sports Sound Awards, designed to "celebrate creative excellence and highlight the power of sonic branding." Here are the winners.

Monday night in Nashville, Radio Ink Magazine honored the 2018 Best Country Program Directors in America at an Amazon.com-sponsored event at the Country Radio Seminar. Cox Media Group PD Johnny Chiang was named the Best PD in America. Radio Ink has been honoring the Best Country Program Directors in America. Check out the entire 2018 list HERE.

Our thanks to Lotus Broadcasting Las Vegas Account Executive Mary McDonald for bringing us this Advertiser Success Story. Paul McGuire is the Chief Marketing Office for The Freemont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas. Downtown Las Vegas is in a big battle to provide exciting entertainment with all that's available to vacationers and the locals on The Las Vegas Strip. And to get his job done successfully McGuire uses the Power of Radio. (Our weekly Advertiser Success Stories are sponsored by Sun & Fun Media).

WABC Radio in New York City is pairing up Curtis Sliwa and Emmy-winning journalist Rita Cosby fora new talk show Curtis + Cosby. The show debuts today from 12-3 p.m. PD Craig Schwalb said, “This is basically a New York dream team. Two veteran New York broadcasters and celebrated New York personalities that our listeners simply adore. It’s an incredible combination.”

Bryan “B-Dub” Washington has been named APD, Music Director, and afternoon drive host for 106.7 The Bull in Denver. As APD and Music Director he will assist in the day-to-day operations of the station’s music programming and scheduling of music logs.

The insurance giant stayed atop the pile of radio’s leading advertisers again last week with 41,831 spots played across the country, according to Media Monitors. Indeed Inc. jumped one place to second, with 34,667 commercials played.

GMPT Media, the joint venture between Gen Media Partners and The Tacher Company, has signed Magnum.Media’s 16 Wisconsin radio stations to exclusive national ad sales representation.

94.5 The Moose (WCEN/Saginaw/MI) raised $75,303 with the 15th Annual Moose Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon, January 25-26. In 15 years, over one-million dollars has been raised for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Brandon Young has been named Content Director of KYKX-FM/Longview, TX. Young will oversee the strategic, managerial, programming, and content functions in the market.

Stacey Proctor has been promoted to Director of Sales for Entercom’s Phoenix cluster which includes LIVE 101.5 (KALV-FM), 94.5 KOOL FM, and KMLE Country @107.9. Proctor has held various positions for the Phoenix cluster.