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The station has named two new members to the Mix Morning Show team.  Brandon O’Brien, former PD/afternoon drive host at WUSH-FM/Norfolk, and Ricki Smith, recently the AM drive co-host on WARH-FM/St. Louis, will join current Producer/co-host Clint Redwine in morning drive beginning August 21. Following the realignment, veteran co-host Anna Marie will transition to nights.  

During its Q2 earnings call Monday night, CBS Executives confirmed its deal to merge the CBS radio stations with Entercom is on track to close in the fourth quarter. The company said the SEC has approved the deal and now both companies are only waiting on approval from the Department of Justice.

After completing a refinance that brought down the leverage of the company, Salem Media CEO Ed Atsinger says the company is on the lookout for tuck-in acquisitions that do not increase the company's leverage. He also said translators were big for the company with 12 already up and running and 15 more in the pipeline ready to be turned on. Atsinger did say there are very few translators left for purchase in the markets Salem operates.

Total revenue for the company decreased 2.5% to $66.1. Broadcast revenue decreased 1.4% to $49.3 million, digital revenue decreased 1.6% to $10.9 million and publishing revenue decreased 11.3% to $6.0 million. One of Salem's biggest drags on revenue is KLTY in Dallas, where revenue is down 20% after years of ratings declines.

The iHeartMedia Network Groups President has his contract extended where he'll continue to oversee the iHeartRadio Network, Premiere Networks, Total Traffic + Weather Network, and the NBC News Radio Network, as well as iHeartMedia’s in-house audio and visual creative agency. Davis has been on Radio Ink's 40 Most Powerful People in Radio list for the past four years, this year at #15.

Monahan had been Beasley Media Group's Chief Revenue Officer since January 2015, overseeing all sales of the company's core radio, digital, and non-traditional revenue opportunities. She joined Beasley in 2003 as DOS in Fort Meyers. In 2004, she was promoted to VP of Sales.

The breakfast, which will be held Thursday, September 7 from 7:30-9:00 a.m. at the JW Marriott Austin, will be headlined by top media and advertising representatives for Comcast Cable, one of the country’s leading radio broadcast advertisers.

The Oakland Raiders and 93.5 KDAY have agreed that the station will continue to be the exclusive FM broadcaster for the team in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The station will broadcast coverage of the Silver and Black’s regular season and postseason games and carry exclusive Raiders content and coverage.

That's according to an SEC filing on Friday. Entercom announced it had purchased a 45% stake in DGital without revealing how much the investment was. The filing also says under the terms of the agreement, Entercom obtained an option to acquire the remaining ownership interest in DGital in 2021. DGital Media was launched in May of 2015 by former DialGlobal/Westwood One co-CEOs Spencer Brown and David Landau.