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Cumulus in New York also announced that Mike Allan, Music Coordinator for WPLJ, has been promoted to APD at NASH-FM and WPLJ. Meanwhile, Melony Torres (pictured), former Assistant Program Director/Music Director/Middays Host for WRQX in Washington, D.C., is moving to New York to become Late Night Host for 95.5 WPLJ.

It's astonishing to think of how much has changed since attending my first CES in 2008. Our society has become attached to mobile devices, which has created good/bad outcomes and opportunities for many industries (including ours).

Alpha CEO Larry Wilson has been named Radio Ink's Radio Executive of The Year and will appear on the cover of the upcoming issue of Radio Ink magazine. Wilson dominated the past year in terms of the number of stations purchased and has quickly grown his company to the fourth-largest in the industry in terms of stations, behind iHeart, Cumulus and Townsquare. Upon the successful completion of all pending transactions, Alpha Media will own 252 radio stations in 54 markets. The big question now is what's next for Wilson and Alpha? Does he try to go public or wait and operate for awhile until the industry stabilizes? Here's an excerpt from our upcoming cover story interview.

All eyes will be on innovation this week as CES opens in Las Vegas Wednesday. iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman will make an appearance. Pittman will be interviewed by popular iHeart host Ryan Seacrest on Thursday at 2:15. Check out the entire CES agenda HERE and watch for our updates from CES from Greater Media's Buzz Knight.

KROCK is owned by Galaxy Communications in Syracuse. Two suspects in a Christmas assault on host Joe Grosvent and his cousin have turned themselves in to police, according to cnycentral.com.

The Register is reporting that streaming pioneer Live365 has laid off a "significant" chunk of its staff and may have to shut down soon if it does not get funding. Two weeks ago Live365 said it had lost the support of its investors. The new royalty rates set by the CRB may have something to do with the challenges the company is facing. Live365.com launched back in 1999.

On New Year's Eve, Cumulus completed a discounted prepayment of a portion of its $1.9 billion senior secured-term loan facility due December 2020. Cumulus purchased $64.9 million of its senior secured-term loan for $50 million, a discount of 23%.

Chip Kelly, the recently fired Philadelphia Eagles head coach, did not hold a press conference to defend his past three seasons as the coach of the Eagles. He made one telephone call...to WIP-FM morning man Angelo Cataldi.

It was pneumonia, a complication from his MS, that took Saul's life according to the Chicago Tribune. Saul interned at WBBM-AM then went on to become a GM of two stations near Chicago, WEEF-AM and WONX-AM.