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Neuhoff Communications President and CEO Beth Neuhoff wants to make sure, after the recent publicity, the push to turn on the FM Chip in all cell phones doesn't fade away as the two recent Hurricanes become ancient history.

At Forecast 2018, Jay Abraham will present some of his winning strategies for finding new ways to market radio, maximize its growth, and find new ways to generate revenue. He’ll explain patterns he has identified over the years that limit and restrict business growth, and how most industries only know and use one particular marketing approach.

Thief River Radio GM Jake Weber, Cassie Manzanares and DJ Tischner had been reporting from the Route 91 Harvest Festival and interviewing bands in the media tent when the shooting began.

Cox Media Group has named Rob Babin, currently CMG Miami Radio’s VP/General Manager, as their Regional VP for Radio, reporting to Executive VP Bill Hendrich. Babin will oversee CMG’s Houston, Long Island, San Antonio, and Tampa radio markets, in addition to Miami. 

Two of talk radio's longest-running and most successful hosts got together last week when Rush Limbaugh appeared on Fox News for a two-part interview with Sean Hannity. Premiere says Rush helped Hannity draw impressive ratings for his show and even mentioned the ratings bump he caused for Hannity on his show Monday afternoon. Both hosts are syndicated by Premiere.

Robby Bridges has signed a contract extension as Director of FM Programming, of Cumulus’ Detroit cluster, which includes Hot AC WDVD, Country WDRQ, and Classic Country WDRQ-HD2. Bridges is also on Cumulus’ Hot AC and Country format SWAT teams, and anchors PM drive on WDVD.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has appointed Eric Burger to serve as the agency’s Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Burger will advise Pai and the agency on technology and engineering issues, together with the Office of Engineering and Technology.

The changes are at Louisville Public Media, which operates 89.3 WFPL News Louisville, the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, and the Ohio Valley ReSource. Erica Peterson, WFPL’s environment reporter since 2011, has been promoted to assignment editor. Two other changes have also been announced.

Beasley Media's Mike West is the morning show host at 102.7 The Coyote in Las Vegas. Mike and about a half dozen other Beasley employees were at the Route 91 Harvest Festival Sunday night when the shooting took place. Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan interviewed Mike about what he saw -- LISTEN HERE.

Cumulus' NASH morning show hosts Ty, Kelly & Chuck interviewed SiriusXM Country Music Channel host Buzz Brainard in their program Monday morning. Brainard was attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival concert with his 19-year-old son. Listen to that interview HERE.