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The CBS Corporation has named analytics expert Radha Subramanyam Executive VP and Chief Research and Analytics Officer for the CBS Television Network. For almost six years Subramanyam has been President of Research, Insights and Data Analytics for iHeartMedia. Subramanyam's replacement at iHeart could be named as early as Thursday.

Marv Nyren has been named Cumulus' new Market Manager in Chicago, replacing Peter Bowen who left in September. Nyren joins Cumulus from Chicago Public Media, where he was VP for Corporate Sponsorships for WBEZ-FM. Before that he was President/Regional VP for iHeartMedia’s 13 stations in Jacksonville and Brunswick.

iHeartMedia has named Tommy Chuck Senior VP of Programming for its 14 Tampa-Sarasota stations. Chuck will also program Country outlet US 103.5 in Tampa. He said, “My family and I are grateful to once again call Tampa Bay home. I'm honored to be chosen to lead such legendary brands."

iHeartMedia already had six stations in Boston and six stations in Seattle before picking up four Boston stations (two from Entercom and two from CBS) and adding three CBS stations in Seattle in this massive transaction to help Entercom close its merger with CBS.

Mike Duffy is the new Program Director for Active Rocker WBSX-FM in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Duffy joined the station seven months ago as midday host. He'll hold onto that shift in addition to taking on the PD role.

Aguiar, co-host of, Carlos and Joy on WAY-FM, will depart at the end of 2017. Interested parties for the vacant co-host role should apply at [email protected], using the subject line “PM Drive.”

They're getting one of the top sports talk stations in the country, WBZ-FM. The station also carries the New England Patriots, the Boston Celtics, and Bruins Hockey. This means WBZ-FM and Entercom's WEEI-FM will continue to be fierce competitors in that sports-crazy city.

Broadcast Music, Inc, has announced several executive promotions within its creative team. Barbara Cane, BMI’s Vice President of Creative, Los Angeles, has been elevated to the newly created role of Vice President, Worldwide Creative and Advisor to the EVP of Creative & Licensing.

Before this deal was on the table, Bonneville only owned 14 stations in four markets: three in Seattle, three in Phoenix, four in Denver, and four in Salt Lake City. In this deal, Bonneville will add eight more stations: four in San Francisco and four in Sacramento, bulking up to 22.

Without a bundle of cash sitting on the sideline to purchase stations, in order for iHeartMedia to be in on any of these Entercom/CBS divestitures, it had to be willing to trade. And it was. So as iHeart expands in Boston and Seattle, it also exits Richmond and Chattanooga, where Entercom will enter for the first time.