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Country star Jason Aldean was onstage in Las Vegas when the bullets started raining down on the audience. On Tuesday Aldean posted a message on Facebook announcing he would be canceling four concerts planned for this weekend in California as a result of what happened.

Bryce Burtner is a host on BiCoastal Media's Country station (Q103) in Medford, OR. He was in the line of fire in Las Vegas when Stephen Paddock started shooting toward the Route 91 Harvest Festival from a hotel across the street. Burtner tells ABC 12 in Portland that the worst part of this whole deal was seeing bodies on the ground.

Bill Herriott is the new D.O.S. and National Sales Manager for WTMJ Radio and 94.5 KTI Country in Milwaukee. In addition to leading that sales effort, Herriott will focus on selling ads for the Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Brewers networks. Most recently, Herriott was the GSM for WLS Radio in Chicago.

On Tuesday, iHeartMedia’s Bobby Bones featured a full-program dedicated to the victims of the Las Vegas shooting with live, in-studio performances from several Country music artists. The theme was “Love > Hate.” Bones announced that all #PimpinJoy and limited-edition “Love > Hate” apparel will benefit the Las Vegas Victims Fund. So far, $50,000 has been raised.

Kurt Luchs, GM for NRG Media LLC cluster in Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin is releasing a humor book November 1. The book, titled It's Funny Until Someone Loses an Eye (Then It's Really Funny), from Sagging Meniscus Press, collects 50 previously publishedhumor pieces.

Tim Hill has been promoted to Program Director for sports radio station 107.5 The Game (WNKT-FM) in Columbia, SC. Hill joined WNKT last year and continues in his role as host of The Early Game morning show, which airs weekdays from 6-9 a.m. Hill’s career spans over 20 years in sports broadcasting

When a major national news story breaks in the middle of the night, in a city hundreds of miles away, how do you cover it? Do you stop airing commercials? How many traffic reports do you carry? We turned to one of the best in the country for those answers, CBS-owned WBBM Newsradio 780 and 105.9 in Chicago.

Neil Larrimore is the new Program Director for News/Talk station WPRO-AM in Providence, RI. Larrimore has programmed successful stations for more than 20 years and joins Cumulus from iHeartMedia, where he was formerly Program Director and Brand Manager for iHeartMedia’s Information brands in the Phoenix and Tucson markets.

Melany Myers has been named the new midday on-air personality for middays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at K 104.7 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She began her new position on September 18, 2017. Myers has over 17 years of on air experience in the radio industry, having co-hosted morning shows in the Charlotte and Columbia, South Carolina markets.

The Cumulus CEO was recently interviewed by WABC Radio's Rita Cosby (WABC is owned by Cumulus). It's been two years since Berner took over the company from Lew Dickey. In the interview, Berner details the plan she put in place to try to turn around the company. She also discusses turnover, ratings growth, and revenue.