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iHeartMedia Colorado Springs announced that Samantha Kumm has been named Market President. She will work closely with JoJo Turnbeaugh, Regional Senior Vice President of Programming, and Ryan Clune, Regional Senior Vice President of Sales.

BIA/Kelsey is out with some new data that says radio's over-the-air revenue declined 2% in 2017. However, the good news is radio's digital revenue jumped 9.7%. Was that big jump in digital enough to keep radio above the flatline?

That will be the topic at the NAB next week, moderated by Jacobs Media President Fred Jacobs. The session, called "Fast Tracking Radio's Future," will include Beasley CEO Caroline Beasley, CMG Executive VP Bill Hendrich, Jacobs Media's Paul Jacobs, Entercom Senior VP Tim Murphy, and NAB Executive VP of Strategic Planning Steve Newberry.

JoAnne Purtan is the new morning show co-host for 104.3 WOMC. Purtan will join Stephen Clark on the Detroit heritage Classic Hits station beginning Monday. Before joining WOMC, Purtan worked with WXYZ-TV in Detroit for 20 years and was most recently anchor of the noon and 4:00 p.m. newscasts.

Kidd’s Kids CEO and Chief Happiness Officer Caroline Kraddick, along with Music Meets Medicine Founder Dr. J Mack Slaughter, officially opened the doors of the Kidd’s Kids and Music Meets Medicine Therapeutic Arts Room in memory of Kidd Kraddick.

Christian Torres was operating illegally at 100.9-FM in Bridgeport, Connecticut, from a business; William Cotter, at 104.7-FM, also in Bridgeport, from a residence; and Nnanna Okoro was cited for a pirate station at 87.9-FM Irvington, New Jersey, from a house he owns. All three were given 10 days to shut down and explain to the FCC why they were operating radio stations illegally.

Olivier Knox has been named SiriusXM's Chief Washington Correspondent. Knox will cover the day's top news stories and provide analysis for all of SiriusXM's political channels, starting Monday, April 16.

Yamanair Creative, a Compass Media Networks Company, has hired imaging company Benztown to provide production elements for Yamanair’s exclusive services Cash by Creative and SPECbyte. Yamanair provides custom creative to stations and their sales representatives in over 400 markets.

He's a man of the people. Will we someday see him kissing babies in Iowa and New Hampshire? Hometown Broadcasting General Manager Robert Wagner says Chairman Pai just happened to be passing through Danville, Kentucky, and wanted to stop by to say hello. At first Wagner thought it was an April Fool's joke, until he found out that's just the way Pai rolls.

Damon Bruce, afternoon drive host for San Francisco sports station 95.7 The GAME (KGMZ-FM), the flagship station for the Golden State Warriors, Oakland Raiders, and Oakland Athletics has signed a contract extension.