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Twenty-year veteran Chuck Poet is the new Market Manager for Cumulus' five-station cluster in Erie, PA. Poet joins Cumulus Media from Results Radio in Parkersburg, WV, where he was Sales Manager. Prior to that, he was Market President for iHeartMedia’s Parkersburg, WV, and Wheeling, WV, radio stations for 15 years.

Cumulus and TuneIn announced Thursday that the two sides have signed a new multi-year contract that will keep Cumulus' 441 stations on the streaming app. TuneIn will also carry all of Cumulus' podcasts from the Westwood One Podcast Network. That's good news for TuneIn, which lost all Entercom stations in June when they moved over to Radio.com exclusively.

Kast Media has put together a podcast hosted by a trio of cast members from the MTV reality show, The Hills. "Was It Real? The Hills Rewatch" will go behind the scenes for all six seasons of the show.

Of course the first thing you are probably wondering is, could this be a joke? Apparently not. The next question you might ask is, why? NPR first reported that Univision is taking a 40% stake in the satirical website. They also have the right to buy the company outright.

(By Randy Lane) I joined Don Anthony to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Morning Show Boot Camp, Thursday and Friday, at the Grand Sheraton in Chicago. I was honored to host “30 Years of Top Takeaways from MSBC” with a panel of five of the top morning show personalities in radio. Here are a few highlights...

The only fantasy football podcast co-hosted by an active NFL player is returning, with Yahoo Sports announcing the Ekeler's Edge season three premiere date. The unique series, back on August 16, brings insights from current Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler.

NRG Media's News/Talk 1540 KXEL-AM, serving Waterloo and Cedar Rapids, IA, recently helped raise $10,000 for Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation. KXEL broadcast from US Senator Joni Ernst's annual "Iowa’s Roast and Ride" charity event in Des Moines.

Entercom has fired up a new station in Boston. BIG 103, Music Unleashed replaces AMP Radio (WODS-FM).

The Federal Communications Commission has voted to relax its third-party fundraising restrictions to permit noncommercial stations to air limited fundraisers for the benefit of other non-profit organizations. Until now they could only conduct on-air fundraising for third parties if they received an FCC waiver or the fundraising activity did not alter or suspend regular programming.

October 12 is a big day for ESPN1000 Chicago as the station celebrates its 20th anniversary. Actually, they're calling it “Fanniversary” -- an event for listeners at Austin’s Fuel Room in Libertyville, IL, where ESPN1000 will be broadcasting the entire day.