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Futuri Media has announced several key additions to its fast-growing team: Michael Sharkey joins as Product Manager, Jim Roberts joins as National Account Manager, and Jim Tarantine joins as National Account Manager.

WABC in New York will be moving Bernie McGuirk and Sid Rosenberg from middays to mornings on April 2, replacing the Imus In The Morning Show. Last month Imus announced his final show would be March 29. McGuirk has been Imus' Executive Producer since 1987. Rosenberg joined Imus as Sports Anchor in 2000.

Eric Trabb has joined the NAB as Senior Vice President of Business Development. In his new role, Trabb will be responsible for leading and managing the association’s sales team. Trabb has served for the past 11 years as vice president of sales and group publisher for the Broadcast/Video Group at NewBay Media.

(By Renee Cassis) “If you had asked me five years ago if we were still talking about transitioning to digital, I would have said ‘no way.'” That from Beasley Media Group CEO Caroline Beasley, who was part of a panel at the Local Online Advertising Conference, taking place in New York City Monday and Tuesday.

iHeartMedia Tampa Bay announced Monday that AJ Malone has been named Program Director for 98ROCK, “Tampa Bay’s Rock Station.” As Program Director for 98ROCK, Malone will be responsible for the station’s music and programming content, as well its personalities and digital extensions.

The drug store chain moved to number four, from 24th, on last week's Media Monitors chart of top radio advertisers. CVS ran 26,784 commercials on radio stations across the country. GEICO was on top of the chart once again with 32,758 spots. Here were your top 5 advertisers for the week.

iHeartMedia Sacramento has named Chris Matthews Program Director and afternoon drive host for Country station 92.5 The Bull, effective March 12. In his new role, Matthews will be responsible for the day-to-day programming operations of 92.5 The Bull.

ESPN Radio has renewed its license of the Veritone aiWARE platform for its sports talk programming and live event coverage. Since 2016, ESPN Radio has worked with Veritone to analyze its national radio network programming -- sports talk and live event programming including the NFL, NBA, College Basketball, College Football, and Major League Baseball.

Dave Fogel joins Classic Hits station KCMO-FM in Kansas City, KS, as midday host. Fogel started his radio career at KMXV in Kansas City, and has held on-air positions in markets including San Diego, Washington, DC, Detroit, and most recently, Chicago, at WJMK-FM and WLS-FM.

Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. is accepting applications from interested parties wishing to be considered for the 2018-2019 Country Radio Seminar Agenda Committee. The application deadline is Friday, April 6.