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In a company-wide call, Tuesday, Entercom CEO David Field and COO Weezie Kramer pumped up the troops of the much larger company now that former CBS employees are on the Entercom team. Kramer asked Field questions that were submitted by employees.

iHeartMedia Baltimore has hired Francesca Presti as the new co-host for the Laurie DeYoung Morning Show on Country station 93.1 WPOC, effective December 4. The show broadcasts weekdays from 5–10 a.m. Presti will join current hosts Laurie DeYoung and Jeff St. Pierre.

Gow Media is taking former NFL quarterback Sean Salisbury out of his local show on 97.5 FM in Houston to focus his energies exclusively on his national radio and TV show. The Sean Salisbury Show is heard weekdays on the SB Nation Radio Network from 4-8 p.m. ET.

You could say two winning teams have decided they want to stay together. Entercom, off the high of merging with CBS Radio, and the 9-and-1 Philadelphia Eagles have signed an extension that will keep Sportsradio WIP as the home station for the team through 2024.

Sun Broadcast Group has announced that Shelby Wood Wasicki has joined the company as National Account Manager. In her role with Sun, Wood Wasicki will work with the Sales Department, focused on products including Shazam For Radio, The Hit List with Fitz, Country Fried Mix with DJ Sinister, and others.

ESPN Radio’s new morning drive program, Golic and Wingo, hosted by Mike Golic and Trey Wingo, will debut Monday (6–10 a.m. ET) on ESPN Radio and will initially be simulcast on ESPN2, before moving to its simulcast home on ESPNU in the spring.

The Alternative Rock format has been getting a lot of love lately. Last week, Entercom flipped to Alt Rock in New York City and Dallas, and Tuesday iHeartmedia flips to the format in Detroit. The previous format was Variety Hits. iHeart kicks off the new format with 10,000 songs in a row.

Cox Media Group Jacksonville has switched WEZI Easy 106.5 to 102.9 FM, and WXXJ X102.9 over to 106.5 FM. In addition to Easy 102.9’s move, it has flipped to Holiday Music. This change gives Easy 102.9 a larger signal. The station can now be heard from Brunswick, GA to southern St. John’s County, FL. The format on 106.5 is Alternative.

(By Deborah Parenti) With the close of the Entercom/CBS Radio deal last Friday, David Field proved beyond a doubt that he and his executive team truly have “the right stuff” when it comes to executing the “art of the deal.” And what a deal it was. So now, we ask this question: Will other executives and managers follow his lead to lift the entire radio industry up?

And it's thanks to donations made at the FM99 (WNOR) & 106.9 The Fox (WAFX) 21st Annual Mayflower Marathon Food Drive. The drive took place simultaneously at four locations from 5:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 17 until 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19. WNOR iis located in Norfolk, VA.