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After holding second spot on the Media Monitors weekly chart last week, GEICO is back at the summit, having run 43,410 radio commercials nationwide during the past week. Not surprisingly, Home Depot was a very close second with 43,008 spots.

iHeartMedia’s Kentucky-Indiana region has named Bo Money the new Director of Urban Programming. The region encompasses 26 stations comprised of music, talk, and news formats. Money most recently served as Program Director for 93.7 The Beat in Houston.

Gen Media Partners and The Tacher Company have formed GMPT Media, a joint venture that brings together the sales and management resources of both companies. Cherry Creek Media, a 53-station group, is the first radio partner to sign on for the collaborative ad sales representation.

For 15 years, Forecast has been the one conference that focuses on the near- and long-term economic future of the radio industry, and the trends, policies, and expectations that will impact its future. Held every year at New York's prestigious Harvard Club, it is capped by honoring the 40 most influential people in the radio industry.

New 103.7, Kiss 95.1, Power 98, V 101.9, 94.7 SMOKE, and K 104.7 have partnered with Hendrick Automotive Group and Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina to host a massive food backpack collection on Saturday, November 4, at Coyote Joe’s (4621 Wilkinson Blvd) in Charlotte.

CBS Radio has lined up four gigs for a special New Year’s Eve weekend at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Beginning Friday, December 29 and lasting into the early morning hours of 2018, the shows will play over three nights and feature Foo Fighters, Duran Duran, and Zac Brown Band with a special performance by Sir Rosevelt.

SiriusXM has announced its holiday music lineup, featuring eight commercial-free channels, two to broadcast starting Wednesday, November 1. The channels will offer listeners a variety of traditional holiday songs, classical Christmas carols, country Christmas classics, contemporary holiday tunes, soul music, Hanukkah music, and Latin seasonal music.

Beasley's pro forma revenues in the third quarter were flat compared to the same period in 2016. Beasley faced tough political comps from 2016 when they took in over $600,000. Backing out for political, revenue was up 1%. A bright spot for the company was Detroit, where revenue jumped over 29% in the quarter. Here are all the details.

According to The Providence Journal, radio talk show host John DePetro said Friday that he has left WADK-AM in Newport and will be making a “major announcement” on Monday morning about where he is going next. DePetro was a talk show host on WPRO-AM for 10 years and had been on the air at the Newport station since January.