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Seattle’s Warm 106.9 made the flip to 24/7 Christmas music Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. PST. Lucky Warm 106.9 listener Alyssa Batacan of Lakewood, WA, and her daughter, helped make the switch along with Allan & Ashley in the morning.

Burk Technology has appointed Jim Alnwick Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales. Alnwick will have overall responsibility for all direct and indirect sales activities in Burk’s core broadcast markets and will guide the company’s sales acceleration efforts worldwide.

R&B station WMBX (X102.3) in West Palm has named MoShay LaRen its new midday host/Music Director. Prior to joining X102.3, LaRen was APD and midday host for 107.9 WRNB in Philly.

WMMR-FM (Philadelphia) morning hosts Preston & Steve are set to embark on their 20th Annual Preston & Steve Camp Out For Hunger, Monday, November 27, through Friday, December 1. The pair will live in the parking lot of Xfinity Live! Philadelphia to solicit food donations from listeners and businesses in the greater Philadelphia area

The radio vet has been named Vice President of Programming for iHeart’s ALT 98.7, “LA’s New Alternative.” She was also named Alternative Rock Brand Manager for iHeartMedia’s National Programming Group. Worden was previously APD and MD for KROQ-FM in LA, first joining the station as its Music Director in 1995.

As a result of Chris Carlin moving to New York to be part of the team replacing Mike Francesa, WIP in Philadelphia had to make some changes. Jon Marks will begin co-hosting afternoons alongside Ike Reese. Marks has been hosting evenings.

Rich DeSisto starts in his new job in the Delaware Valley on November 14. The 30-year radio veteran has spent most of his career in the Tri-State area, most recently serving as the APD/afternoon drive personality at Beasley Philadelphia’s BEN-FM and as a weekend personality on WMGK-FM, where he will continue to work.

The iHeart station announced Tuesday the return of Delilah, effective November 14. The show will broadcast Sunday through Friday from 7 p.m.-midnight, and feature helpful advice about love and relationships, recipes, and inspirational discussion with listeners.

2 Guys Named Chris, which originates from WKRR-FM/Greensboro, has added WXQR-FM/Rock 105.5 in the Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville market to its listening audience. The show, which airs weekdays 6-10 a.m. ET, has been heard on WKRR-FM Rock 92 since 2000.

The long-awaited closing draws nearer as CBS Corp. announces that for each share of CBS Class B Common Stock accepted in its exchange offer, announced earlier, shareholders will receive up to 5.6796 shares of "Radio Common Stock" created just for the purpose of the CBS Radio/Entercom merger. When the deal closes, those shares will be converted to Entercom stock.