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Derulo To Host iHeartRadio Music Awards

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The third annual iHeartRadio Music Awards will be hosted by Jason Derulo on Sunday, April 3, at the historic fabulous Forum in Los Angeles. The event will air live on TBS, TNT, and truTV at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and will be simulcast on iHeartMedia stations nationwide, as well as on the iHeartRadio digital music platform.

Flemming Joins Powell In Panama City

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Joshua Flemming has been hired as the Director of New Business Development for Powell Broadcasting's cluster in Panama City, which includes WKNK, WPFM, WRBA, and WASJ. Flemming will be responsible for the creation and execution of NTR programs, revenue development expansion on air, onsite, and digitally with Powell's in-house iCast Interactive division.
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Abrams Joins Futuri Media In Dual Role

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Longtime radio programming and operations executive Kris Abrams is the new Director/Partner Integration at Futuri Media. Reporting to Sr. VP/Operations Todd Thomas, Kris will work directly with client stations on implementing Futuri’s platforms at local stations domestically and internationally.

Is Radio Facing A PR Headache After CBS Announcement

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The way the CBS announcement — to explore ways to get out of the radio business — is being reported, you would think CBS CEO Les Moonves came up with the idea the night before the CBS shareholder meeting. Everyone with a pulse inside the industry was aware this was a possibility.

Meet One Of Radio’s Future Leaders

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Kelly Harrington is a Communications Manager and writer for Reach Media in Dallas. She also leads Reach Media’s social media initiatives, which include the wildly popular Tom Joyner Morning Show. Harrington has only been in radio for about five years but she's clearly one of the industry's rising stars. We spoke to Harrington and asked her to share her secrets, including why she's passionate about radio, how she believes we can make the industry better, and why she's been so successful at what she does.

5 Questions For Univision’s Mark Lopez

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Earlier this week Univision launched an upgrade to its digital app Uforia that included more than 25 mood curated stations, an alarm clock, car mode features and much more. Mark Lopez is Univision's GM of Digital. We spoke to Lopez about the importance of the Uforia upgrade, which has now been downloaded over 4 million times and has 14.5 million streaming sessions per month. (NOTE: A panel at next week's Hispanic Radio Conference will focus on Smarter Digital Strategies)

Radio One Launches Voter Registration Campaign

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Radio One is teaming up with civic organization Black and Brown People Vote. The two organizations have launched "ONE Vote," which is a multi-media campaign on all Radio One assets — TV One, Reach Media, Interactive One, and 56 radio stations.

Clippers Switch to KLAC With 14 Games To Go

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The NBA's Los Angeles Clippers and iHeartMedia have signed a new deal to bring the team over to AM 570 LA Sports/KLAC. The first game to be broadcast on the station will be Saturday night. The Clippers had been on KFWB-AM (980) since 2009 but have been looking for a new radio partner since the station changed to a foreign-language format last month. Clippers games will also be heard on The Patriot, KEIB AM 1150, when there are conflicts with Dodgers baseball.
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93.3 WFLS Raises $136,089 For St. Jude

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WFLS has raised $136,089 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with a two-day radiothon. The station has raised $727,404 since 2011. The three-day fundraising event kicked off with the radiothon on March 10 and 11, and was hosted by Steve Waters and Jessica Cash from the 93.3 WFLS Morning Show.

Janoff Back With CBS Radio New York

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Greg Janoff has returned to CBS Radio in New York as Director, News Sales. In this new role, he will oversee all sales for both 1010 WINS and WCBS Newsradio 880. Janoff last worked in sales management at 1010 WINS back in 2009 before heading off to work at My Damn Channel. He also worked for Randy Michaels at Merlin Media for about two years before joining Townsquare as Regional Vice President for the past three years.

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