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Linda Byrd is the President, North Florida Region, for iHeartMedia. She manages the Orlando cluster of nine radio stations and a state network for iHeartMedia. She also oversees the Central/North Florida region which includes Sarasota, Tampa, Melbourne, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Panama City, and Brunswick, Georgia. And she's on Radio Ink's 2018 Most Influential Women in Radio list.

Club Road Associates is expanding its partnership with Libsyn's AdvertiseCast to include their new political show, Ruthless. Ruthless features Conservative lobbyists for major global companies, providing insights into the inner workings of Capitol Hill.

The Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio group, BMI and the RAB have announced that the 13th annual Rising Through the Ranks program will be brought back in 2021 as a virtual event.

(By Lisa Thal) The holidays are over, and the new year has arrived. This can be a very stressful time for many of us. For those who are building on the prior year of success, congratulations! For those who fell short of expectations last year, I hope this article helps you build a successful 2019!

Entercom Active Rock station WAAF-FM in Boston has been honored with a 2018 Sound Bites Award, sponsored by the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association. The station received first place in the “Digital Media” category for “LB’s Big Decision,” at the awards ceremony Wednesday, November 14.

Listeners of Eastern Iowa radio stations 105.7 KOKZ and News/Talk 1540 KXEL have stepped up to help those affected by August Derecho storms. A Derecho is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms.

Late Friday Spanish Broadcasting System sent out a press release announcing the company had reached an agreement with Grupo Radio Centro. SBS accused Grupo of hiring Martin Romero Hernandez (El Ratón) who left KLAX Los Angeles in January 2016 to join GRC’s “Radio Centro 93.9” KXOS.

Circle City Broadcasting's President and CEO DuJuan McCoy has been appointed as the new chair of the NAB Leadership Foundation Board of Directors, effective from November 8. McCoy succeeds former Bonneville President Darrell Brown.

Matt Patrick has been on the air at KTRH-AM in Houston for six years. This week he announced he would no longer seek treatment for the aggressive esophageal cancer he's been fighting since 2015. He announced on his show he's exhausted all options. You can send Matt well wishes HERE and listen to his statement on Chron.com.

ESPN Audio circulated a press release Wednesday that said the network’s national radio talk shows, live events, local radio stations, and podcasting account for nearly half (46%) of all sports radio listenership in the U.S. ESPN says that was the conclusion of Edison's 2017 “Share of Ear” survey. And most are listening through their radios.