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Morning show hosts Scotty K and Bret Mega at The New Hot 93.3/Dallas-Fort Worth, will launch 93 Days of Kindness on June 1. It's a summer-long campaign, running through September 1, with the goal of spreading kindness in a world that has so much negative present.

You need to get cracking if you plan to apply for a scholarship to the 2017 Rising Through the Ranks women’s radio sales management seminar, to be held August 16-17 at BMI’s Nashville office. Applications are being accepted through Wednesday, June 7, and are available on RAB.com.

Radio Ink is proud to announce that Kay Olin has been chosen as our 2017 MIW Legend. She will be featured in our June 16 Most Influential Women in Radio Issue with a special interview. Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti said, "Kay Olin has been a pioneer, a wave maker and glass shatterer for all of her career."

In part two of our three-part preview of Brad Kelly's Radio Ink cover story interview, we cover the topic of online ratings. The radio industry has been anxiously waiting for when it can show advertisers a combined listening total of listeners that includes both over-the-air listening and online listening. We also asked the big question -- Where does Pandora fit into that mix?

In a filing with the SEC Wednesday Cumulus revealed what four executives would be paid if certain performance goals were met by the company. If the company met certain quarterly EBITDA performance goals in 2017, here's what CEO Mary Berner and three other executives will make this year.

Chris Berry has been named Senior VP for News, Talk and Sports at iHeartMedia. Berry will oversee all of iHeart's News, Talk and Sports brands and continue to in his role as Senior VP and GM for NBC News Radio and 24/7 News Network.

Regional Manager Dan Seeman announced this week that Jeff Hilborn will take over as the new GM for Hubbard's six-station cluster in Brainerd, MN. In 2015, Hubbard purchased 16 stations in northern Minnesota from Omni Broadcasting. Hilborn replaces retiring GM Mike Boen, who managed the market for 24 years. Hilborn was most recently GSM for Hubbard in Brainerd.

Chris Kroeger will continue to host afternoon drive on Entercom's sports talker WFNZ in Charlotte after signing a new multi-year deal. Market Manager Matt Hanlon said, “Chris Kroeger leads the conversation in all things sports for Charlotte on WFNZ. His depth of knowledge and relationships with everyone in town related to sports makes him an invaluable resource and sports leader."

Broker Michael Bergner tells Radio Ink the selling price for WXJZ-FM in Gainesville was $500,000. Marc Radio is the buyer, which also owns four FMs and two AMs in the Gainesville market. JVC is not selling off its stations. Owner John Caracciolo tells Radio Ink this was simply an offer he could not turn down. JVC still has three stations in the Gainesville market.

As of June 12, Jay Philpott will be the new night host on Cumulus' Classic Rocker KQRS in Minnesota. Philpott moves to Minneapolis from Cumulus Rocker WNNX in Atlanta where he was Afternoon Drive. Philpott is also part of the Classic Rock 24/7 format for Westwood One, and will continue with those network duties.