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The whole staff celebrated with Sislen as he chalked up the Big 2-0. As one of the partners, Sislen is involved with sales, customer relations, and business development. He joined Research Director after 12 years as Vice President of Research/Marketing at Eastman Radio.

The company -- which provides wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for television and radio broadcasters -- has named the telecom vet as the replacement for Phil Argyris, who is retiring. Argyris will remain with GatesAir as long as necessary to facilitate a smooth leadership transition. Swail has over 35 years of telecom and electronics experience.

Also known as F.raw (short for Foolish Raw) the comedian will join BIGG in the Morning on 105.1 The Bounce -- "Detroit’s Throwback Hip Hop and R&B Station" -- as one of its newest on-air Ambassadors. The station began rolling out on-air “Ambassadors” in 2016, mixing longtime area radio favorites with a few new names who have moved to the Motor City.

She will be the new midday host and Music Director at WBAV/V101.9-FM, beginning July 10, 2017. Mac most recently served as the Program Director and PM drive talent in Indianapolis. Prior to that, she was the midday talent at WJMZ-FM in Greenville, South Carolina.

The former Mrs. South Carolina will partner up with Lucas McFadden to co-host Palmetto Mornings on WRHI FM 100.1/AM 1340 (Rock Hill, SC), starting Thursday. Mercer is a Fort Mill native and she currently hosts Close-Up Fort Mill Tega/Cay from 12-12:30 every Tuesday and Thursday on WRHI.

It only affects two markets, New York and Washington DC, however it's important enough to Connoisseur Media CEO Jeff Warshaw that he's been providing the FCC with data, meeting with FCC staff, and has now written a letter asking the Commission to change its rules regarding embedded markets.

The NAB filed comments with the FCC in support of eliminating the Main Studio Rule, which has been on the FCC's books since 1940, and was revised in 1998. The rule requires The NAB says the rule will have no negative impact on how radio stations serve their communities.

In yet another FCC filing the NAB submitted comments urging the Commission to reduce or eliminate some paperwork, recordkeeping and filing burdens during the Commission's proceeding on modernizing its media regulations.

This Friday, July 7, marks the first anniversary of the ambush of Dallas police officers that left five dead and nine injured. The shooter, Micah Xavier Johnson, was an Army veteran said to be upset about police shootings of black citizens. After a standoff, he was killed by police.

That's according to BuzzAngle Music's latest report which analyzed consumption for the first six months of the year. So far in 2017, total music consumption is up 9.9% over 2016. Over 290 million album project units have been sold compared to 266.6 million album project units in the first half of 2016. Here are some of the highlights from the report...