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It had to be a record for the number of times the word a** and cheek were used in a federal courtroom. Taylor Swift took the stand Thursday and said she is 100% sure former KYGO morning man David Mueller assaulted her. "It was a definite grab. A very long grab," she said. "He stayed attached to my bare ass-cheek as I lurched away from him."

Dymond will be Vice President/Market Manager for the company’s five-station cluster in Flint, Michigan. Dymond has over 30 years’ as a Market Manager/General Manager in markets including Flint, Lansing, and Saginaw, MI; Erie, PA; and Toledo, OH.

Gaines will be Afternoon Host and Assistant Program Director for Country radio station Kicks 101.5/WKHX in A-Town. Gaines moves from Cumulus Media-Memphis, where he was Afternoon Host for Country station Kix 106/WGKX. Gaines will debut on Kicks 101.5 on September 5. His show will air weekdays from 3-7 p.m.

Country 98.5 KYGO/Denver has added Aaron “Goose” Seller to its morning lineup joining Tracy Dixon and Guy David from 5-9 a.m. Goose joins KYGO from KKPK 92.9 Peak FM in Colorado Springs, where he has handled wake-up duties the past 10 years, also spending time in mornings with KKMG 98.9. 

In Lake Worth, Florida Frances Chapman has 10 days to shut down his illegal radio operation from his home at 88.7-FM. In Hollywood, Florida, American College Express has 10 days to shut down a pirate station, also at 88.7, broadcasting from a commercial business. Read the violation notice for Chapman HERE and American College Express HERE.

(By Paul Weyland) Yes, I hear you. Well, not all of you, but plenty of you that are concerned about your local direct numbers as compared to last year. What’s going on? Does this indicate a seismic shift in the economy? Is this occurring in all markets or just mine? Are decision-makers losing confidence in the economy? Are they losing confidence in broadcast? How long will this slowdown continue? Is it me?

The Denver station has landed the vivacious jock to liven up the middle stretch of the city's workday. She will also be keeping her #1 afternoon show in Greensboro at 102 Jamz. Toshamakia started in radio in Connecticut then Philadelphia, later working at SirusXM, then on to NC's 102 Jamz. She’ll be on KS 1075 weekdays between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

(By Roy Williams) We live in a universe of paired opposites. Proton and electron. Inhale and exhale. Extend and contract. Rise and fall. Male and female. Day and night. What you embrace does not define you nearly so much as what you exclude. I’m speaking of self-definition.

Sports/Talk radio station WGFX/104.5 The Zone has had a good look at its roster and decided on its team to cover the new pigskin season, as of Monday, August 14. In the first of three moves, Blaine Bishop, former NFL Tennessee Titans safety and longtime host on 104.5 The Zone, joins the Wake Up Zone morning crew.