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Salem Media Group has hired Ed Martin for afternoons at 1380AM The Answer in St. Louis. The Ed Martin Movement, will be heard afternoons from 3-5 p.m. Martin is the New York Times best-selling author of The Conservative Case for Trump. He's known as an advocate of Donald Trump's policies.

It’s south to Sin City for Shawn Stevens who makes the move after 20 years in Salt Lake City, where he most recently worked as PD/On-Air at (Country) KUBL-FM. Prior to that, Stevens worked at KBEE-FM and KKAT-FM in that market.

On Monday more details were released regarding who will run the Entercom markets once the deal to merge with CBS Radio closes. The new information came from COO Weezie Kramer, who told Entercom employees that all Entercom Market Managers will be elevated to Senior Vice President, to be consistent with CBS Radio titles, and all Entercom Regionals will receive the President title. Here are the specifics on who will run each market and who will cover each region. 

Don Cheto Al Aire will air Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. on WLIT Poder 97.5 FM, a Showtime Media station in Chicago, the country’s fifth-largest Hispanic DMA. The Don Cheto Radio Network launched its first affiliate in 2009. The show is now heard in over 30 cities.

Greg Ashlock, previously President of iHeartMedia Markets Group West Division, who also served as the senior business leader representing the company in the west, has been named President of the iHeartMedia Markets Group. Ashlock will now manage the entire iHeartMedia Markets Group, including all 850-plus radio stations in over 150 markets. 

Two in Queens and one near Boston were nabbed by the Commission. Ignace Jean-Charles of Mattapan, Massachusetts, Efrain Lanchi Ortega from Queens, and Migui Mora also from Queens were put on notice that they have 10 days to shut down the pirate radio stations they were operating and respond to the FCC. Here are all the details...

Graham Media Group CEO Emily Barr will receive the 2018 Golden Mike Award from the Broadcasters Foundation of America on March 5, 2018, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The annual black-tie gala is a major fundraiser for the Broadcasters Foundation. Barr leads the seven-station broadcast television division of Graham Media Holdings.

By airing 26,431 commercials on radio stations all across the country, Wal-Mart came in at number four last week, up from number 65, on the Media Monitors weekly chart. AT&T Wireless also made a big jump, from 29th to fifth, with 25,706 spots. The Home Depot was first (55,246), followed by GEICO (43,825), and JCPenney (28,412).

Media attribution, and data analytics, can make a difference for your advertisers. That's why trying to understand the best way to invest their media dollars is what every advertiser wants to know, and involves highly valuable insight. Join RBR Editor Adam Jacobson and Veritone Media Senior Product Manager Michael Kennedy for a free webinar Thursday at 1 p.m.

93.9 MYfm in Chicago will broadcast around-the-clock Christmas now through the holiday season. On-air personalities Kristina Kage, Robin Rock, and Mick Lee will continue to host the station’s programming. When not playing holiday music, the MYfm format is AC.