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Alpha Media Portland, OR, announced that MoJoe Roberts will become the Program Director and afternoon host for 98.7 The Bull. A product of the great Northwest, Roberts has held various programming and on-air roles over the past two decades.

The new product is called RetargetingPlus.com and Gen Media Partners says it can hyper-target ads to specific listeners by geographic area, demographics, income, interests, and more. You may have had something like this happen to you when you're surfing the Web...

After a five-day stunt, Hubbard has flipped it's "Modern Music" station (KLCK-FM) in Seattle to Rock and will feature artists such as AC/DC, Foo Fighters, Van Halen, Nirvana, and Guns ‘N Roses. Entercom has a Classic Rock (KISW) and Alternative Rocker (KNDD) in the market, and CBS also has a Classic Rocker (KZOK) in Seattle. Hubbard will kick off the new KVRQ-FM 98-9 with 12,000 songs in a row.

Lance Tidwell is the new Cluster Operations Manager for Cumulus' seven-station cluster and Chiefs Radio Network in Kansas City. He'll also program KCMO Talk Radio 710/103.7. Tidwell was SVPP for iHeartMedia in San Antonio and Tucson. Prior to that he was PD for Clear Channel’s WWYZ-FM in Hartford/New Haven.

Veteran investigative reporter Kate Howard, has been hired by WFPL’s Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (KyCIR). She will begin her position on April 11, 2016. Howard worked as a news reporter for nearly five years at The Tennessean, covering crime, courts and transportation.

Johnny Maze is the new PD for Adams Radio Group's WZBH “The Beach” and WGBG “Big Classic Rock” in Salisbury-Ocean City. Maze will also host the PM Drive shift on WGBG.

Univision Communications has launched a suite of new features on the Uforia music app. New functionalities include more than 25 stations by mood curated specifically for Hispanics, plus alarm clock, sleep timer and car mode features, all of which enable listeners to discover new music and stay close to their favorite radio stations and personalities at any time. The app has nearly four million downloads.

CBS Radio consists of 117 stations in 26 markets, including clusters in every one of the top 14 markets. BIA estimated CBS stations generated nearly $1.3 billion in 2014 and CBS Radio consistently has five of the top 10 billing radio stations in the country. They are iconic brands such as WCBS in New York, WBBM in Chicago, KYW in Philadelphia, KMOX in St. Louis, KDKA in Pittsburgh, the list goes on and on. Here's a complete listing of the stations many companies will be salivating to get a shot at purchasing...

Tommy McFLY, host of The Tommy Show on CBS’s 94.7 Fresh FM in Washington D.C., has been selected for the fifth year in a row to Emcee the annual White House Easter Egg Roll for 2016.

Barstool Sports has launched its third new show in the last two weeks. The Caleb Pressley Podcast features the same-name, former UNC football player and American Idol Season 2 contestant, as he covers a wide range of topics each week.