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As part of its strategy to deliver an enhanced visual hybrid radio station experience beyond the smartphone, TagStation is increasing focused efforts on the connected car. The company has hired Derek Rohloff as VP Automotive Business Development to spearhead inclusion in the dashboard.

Sean Strife will begin programming the Cedar Rapids Hit Music station immediately. Strife has worked as the producer for KIIS FM’s On Air With Ryan Seacrest in L.A., he's produced the Jesse Lozano in the Morning show and was an on-air personality for iHeartMedia Los Angeles’ Sports Talker AM 570 LA Sports.

Premiere announced on Wednesday that former CIA officer turned radio and TV personality Buck Sexton will start hosting America Now starting Monday. The show is heard from 6 - 9 p.m. ET on more than 100 affiliates. Sexton replaces Meghan McCain, who is leaving Premiere to focus on her expanded role at Fox News.

Wisconsin will be home to a new liberal-leaning radio station starting today. Devil’s Advocate Radio is buying WRRD-AM (1510) from Craig Karmazin's Good Karma Broadcasting. Devil's Advocate Radio is owned by college roommates Dominic Salvia and Michael Crute, who also host a show which will be part of the new lineup.

Cayuga Radio Group President and General Manager Chet Osadchey tells Radio Ink the reason for the format flip was because of the loss of so much progressive, syndicated programming over the past few years. He says the station was unable to fill a solid lineup and they were already repeating shows daily.

When was the last time a listener visited your station looking to read the letters you received from other listeners? Has that ever happened? These days the public can pretty much watch other listeners react to your station on Facebook or Twitter in real-time, every day.

The station in Salem, SC, is owned by Lake Keowee Broadcasting. A song played repeatedly for about 20 minutes on Sunny 107.9 Monday night with graphic language aimed at the President. Here's what station President Frank Patterson told Radio Ink last night...

Conservative talker Lars Larson of Alpha's FM News 101 KXL in Portland. When President Trump took over, The White House said four reporters would be chosen for “Skype Seats,” which is aimed at allowing reporters or hosts outside Washington to participate in the daily White House press briefings. Here's what Larson said about being chosen.

Just as baby boomers had to adjust to Gen X, Gen Xers find themselves on the other side of the table. How will your company fare as your people start to fill with this exciting generation? Old School/New School: Bridging the Gap between Gen X Managers and Millennial Sellers, at our Hispanic Radio Conference, is a discussion both sides need to hear.

According to the NAB, eight more members of the House and four additional Senators have joined as cosponsors of a resolution that opposes "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act now has 123 cosponsors in the House and six in the Senate. Here's who just signed on.