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He calls himself Walter Sterling on the air at WPHT in Philadelphia where he hosts a 10pm to 1am Sunday night talk show. Westwood One is taking Walter Sabo and his program into national syndication. Sabo's show is a mix of lifestyle, entertainment, and social conversation, according to the network.

Radio One and Reach Media add Christopher Borelli to its national sales team as the Manager of New Business Development. Borelli joins Radio One and Reach from Emmis where he was a GSM. Prior to Emmis ,Borelli was the Automotive Manager and Total Traffic and Weather Manager for iHeartMedia in New York.

Radio One in Washington DC has hired Dominique Da Diva to host middays on WKYS-FM. Da Diva began her radio career in her hometown of Richmond, as an intern with WBTJ-106.5 The BEAT. In 2016, Da Diva moved to Los Angeles to host Diva Unfiltered on Dash Radio and explore the digital tech world with the launch of her very own App, Da Daily Dirt.

For the past three years Ice has been hosting middays and serving as Music Director for Alpha's Live 95.5 in Portland. Alphas has promoted Amanda "Ice" Habrowski to APD while she keeps her other duties. Alpha VP of Programming, Phil Becker said, "Over the last three years, ICE has been a vital part of our success and I'm thrilled to be able to offer her this opportunity."

ASCAP has named former New York Times digital executive Tristan Boutros as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to the Times, Tristan spent three years as Senior VP, Technology and Business Process at Warner Music Group. He has also held senior technology roles at BlackBerry and IAC.

The judge in the Taylor Swift groping case has removed the superstar singer from the case stating that former KYGO Denver morning man David Mueller did not prove Swift has anything to do with him losing his job.

Pop artist Nelly Furtado chimed in regarding the Taylor Swift trial in Denver, and it wasn't something radio stations are going to like. Furtado tweeted the following, “Been in several meet n' greets where radio staff attempt to cross lines. Love @taylorswift13 for fighting 4 women's safety in the workplace.” She did not elaborate which station or market where any specific incidents took place.

(By Gary Berkowitz) It’s Monday and time for our programing meeting. Here are 6 ideas that, if implemented will not only make you sound better but you’ll probably raise your numbers too! Your consultant will be checking back to make sure they’re all done by the end of the week (lol)!

(by Bob McCurdy) I once read an article titled, “Americans Read the Headlines. And Not Much Else”, that touted the fact that only about 40% of adults dig beyond the headlines, meaning 60% are largely headline gazers. This fact can be detrimental to our continued revenue health as headlines, particularly in media trades, are geared toward the “latest and greatest”, which can easily skew advertiser perception. Here are some stats you need to have handy and use them, use them, use them.

(By Ryan Wrecker) How do your station — and your talent — approach social media? It seems most of us know we should be using the same playbook, valuing engagement and measurable results over strictly a bulk number of views. And I think it’s the right direction for radio to put stock into the connections that make listeners fall in love with personalities, but it’s easy to stumble when trying to translate it to the digital medium.