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Beasley Media has hired Eric Johnson as Director of Sports Content in Philadelphia. He spent the past 19 years serving as Brand Manager and PD at New Jersey's 101.5 FM. Prior to that, Johnson worked as the APD at WIP and was the PD at Y-100 in Philadelphia.

Beasley Media has named Juline Jordan midday host at Classic Rocker WCSX-FM in Detroit. Jordan has spent over 20 years working in Detroit, most recently working as a weekend and fill-in on-air personality at WCSX-FM. Prior to that, she was heard on WRIF-FM.

Morgan Thomas will host mornings on the Raleigh, NC station beginning November 20. Thomas has a successful history in morning radio in the Triangle, including co-host of the Mike & Morgan show on WQDR 94.7 FM from 2001 until 2004.

Country station WACO 100/Waco-Killeen announced Monday the 25th anniversary of two of its shows: Afternoons with John Elliott (weekdays 3-7 p.m.) and The Zack and Jim Morning Show (weekdays from 6-10 a.m.).

At Forecast 2018 tomorrow, Marla Kaplowitz, president and CEO of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, and Bob Liodice, CEO of the Association of National Advertisers, will appear in a joint keynote presentation at New York City’s Harvard Club. The session will be moderated by Christine Travaglini, president of Christal Radio and Katz Partnerships.

Entercom has announced who will lead all of its formats when the merger with CBS Radio is complete, which could come as early as this Friday. All format captains will report to Pat Paxton and Chris Oliviero. Here's who the company has named as Format Captains...

Elizabeth Grattan and Ft. Myers Broadcasting Company have parted ways after four years.  Grattan worked swing for the company while it was branded “MORE FM” from 2013-2015 and then was brought on full-time working middays when the frequency rebranded under their heritage calls of WINK-FM.

When you combine two companies as large as Entercom and CBS, not everyone gets to be a format captain. Steve Moore (News/Talk) and Tim Roberts (Country) were both format leaders for CBS Radio. EVP/Programming Chris Oliviero (pictured) sent a nice note out to CBS employees about both Moore and Roberts. Here's what it said...

That’s Jacob “Tight Pants” Bowling, who has been named Assistant Program Director, Music Director, and afternoon personality for ALT 107.3, Wichita’s Alternative Rock, effective November 20. “Tight Pants” will broadcast from 2-7 p.m. on ALT 107.3, playing a variety of Alternative Rock hits.

On the Media Monitors weekly spot chart, JC Penney aired 42,743 commercials on radio stations all over the country to push GEICO into third place (39,035). The Home Depot held onto top place with 60,366 spots. With the holiday season approaching, national jewelry chain Jared enters the top five, at number four, with 27,217 commercials.